Official highlights importance of empowering rural women

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Ensieh Khazali, Vice President for Women and Family Affairs,highlighted the potential of rural women to improve the well-being of theIranian society if given equal access to resources and services. Villagers and nomads play a vital role in the political,economic, and social developments of Iran, Khazali said on Sunday addressing aconference in Tehran on the occasion of the International Day of Rural Women. She added, “The government is making all-out efforts tosupport rural life and people

Oct 16 202314:44

FAO says has successfully implemented Sustainable Land Project in Iran

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FAO says has successfully implemented ‘Sustainable LandProject’ in Iran "Rehabilitation of forest landscapes and degraded landwith particular attention to saline soils and areas prone to wind erosion”project (RFLDL), implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of theUnited Nations (FAO), reached its successful conclusion setting a new coursefor sustainable land management in the Islamic Republic of Iran.The Terminal Workshop of the project was held on 27-28September i

Oct 16 202314:16

Iran: World 3rd biggest producer of pomegranate

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Iran World’s 3rd biggest producer of pomegranate A total of 1.2 million tons of pomegranates are expected tobe produced from around 91,000 hectares across the country by the end of thecurrent Iranian year (March 19, 2024), according to an Agriculture Ministryofficial. “Fars, Semnan, Yazd, Markazi,Khorasan Razavi, Isfahan, Lorestan, South Khorasan, Kerman and Mazandaran areIran’s main pomegranate cultivation hubs,” Zahra Jalili-Moqaddam was alsoquoted as saying. The offic

Oct 15 202315:52

Ancient qanats in Fars to be brought back to life

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Iran's Deputy Agriculture Minister Safdar Niazi said thegovernment has plans underway to repair qanats across the county of Eqlidlocated in the southern province of Fars. With funds allocated from the national budget and othersources of funding, qanats across Eqlid will be rehabilitated this year, Niazisaid on Friday. Elsewhere in his remarks, he said some 1,000 hectares of theprovince’s farmlands have been equipped with modern irrigation systems so far. Qanats are underground aqueducts fi

Oct 15 202315:49

Fishing season starts in northern Iran

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Fishermen in the northern Mazandaran province are preparinga large net to be launched into the Caspian Sea as the hunting season startedtwo days days ago.The fishing season starts routinely in mid-October and lastsfor about six months. Roughly four thousand people in the coastal provinces ofMazandaran and Gilan are engaged in fishing during the period.A total of over 5,900 tons of bony fish were harvested inthe three northern provinces bordering the Caspian Sea since the beginning ofthe fishing

Oct 14 202307:06

8000 ha of land under medicinal plant cultivation, official says

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8,000 ha of land under medicinal plant cultivation, officialsays The director for horticulture affairs in North KhorasanProvince’s Agriculture Department said 8,000 hectares of land are undermedicinal plant cultivation in the northeastern province. Safdar Safdari, the director for horticulture affairs in theprovince’s Agriculture Department, said that 1,728 species of medicinal plantsare cultivated in Iran, of which 423 species are cultivated in North Khorasan.According to the chai

Oct 14 202306:58

Iran pistachio output sees 80 percent rise

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The director-general of the Cold and Dry Fruits AffairsDepartment of the Agriculture Ministry said the country has produced 390,000tons of pistachio in the current Iranian calendar year. “So far, 390,000 tons of pistachiohave been produced in an area of 550,000 hectares, registering a 80% percentincrease compared to the same period last year,” Dariyoush Salempour said onTuesday. Iran exported 56,298 tons of pistachio worth $405.04 millionto 57 countries during the past Iranian calend

Oct 11 202320:52

Iran launches refrigerated container ship to export horticultural products, citrus fruits

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Iran launches refrigerated container ship to exporthorticultural products, citrus fruits Iran has launched its first-ever refrigerated container shipto export horticultural products to other countries, according to the CEO ofCaspian Sea Shipping Company. The refrigerated container ship is ready to carryhorticultural products and citrus fruits from Iran’s northern ports, i.e.Amirabad Port and Bandar Anzali, to the Russian ports of Makhachkala andAstrakhan, he said. The Caspian Sea Shipping

Oct 9 202321:40

Iran exporting agricultural products to nearly 200 countries, official says

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Iran exporting agricultural products to nearly 200countries, official says Iran is currently exporting its agricultural products tonearly 200 countries around the world, according to the country’s deputyagriculture minister for the horticulture affairs. “Annually, we export over $6 billionof agricultural products, of which $3 billion were allocated to horticulturalproducts”, Mohammad-Mehdi Boroumandi said. He added, “Some 200 countries are importing our agriculturalprodu

Oct 9 202321:34

Villagers and nomads play key role in boosting Iran all-out development

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Villagers, nomads play key role in boosting Iran all-outdevelopment Villagers and nomads play a vital role in the political,economic, and social developments of Iran. So, October 7 was declared in 2013as the National Day of Village and Nomads. Despite their low population, they have a great contributionto all-out national development. Although oil, industry, and service sectors hold asignificant share of the national economy, the rural and nomadic economy isconsidered an inexhaustible source fo

Oct 9 202321:28