Colza production to hit 250,000 tons

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Iran’s colza production is projected to reach over 250,000tons in the current Iranian crop year, according to Sadullah Mansour, anofficial with the Ministry of Agriculture. “Our Colza output is expected toreach over 250,000 tons this crop year,” Mansour said. He added that over 15,000 hectares of land are under Colzacultivation in the provinces of East Azarbaijan, West Azarbaijan, Alborz,Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari, Kohgiluyeh-Boyerahmad, Razavi Khorasan and NorthKhorasan. Of all the

Oct 25 202317:27

Spring cultivation expected to yield 4.4m tons of sugar beet, official says

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Spring cultivation expected to yield 4.4m tons of sugarbeet, official says A total of 4.4 million tons of sugar beet are estimated tobe produced from spring cultivation carried out on 79,000 hectares ofplantations across the country, according to an official with Iran’s Ministryof Agriculture.“So far, close to 1.4 million tonsof sugar beet grown in spring direct seeding have been harvested, showing aincrease of 48 percent compared to the same period last year” Peyman Hesadi was

Oct 25 202317:25

Iran cotton output estimated to reach 300,000 tons

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Iran’s cotton output estimated to reach 300,000 tons Cotton production in Iran is projected to reach 300,000 tonsin the current Iranian calendar year (ends on March 19), an official with theAgriculture Ministry said. “So far (by end of Oct.), 12,000 tonsof seed cotton have been harvested from cotton fields across the country, andthis year’s harvest is expected to reach 300,000 tons,” according to EbrahimHezarjaribi, the director of the ministry’s cotton production

Oct 25 202317:24

Iran Agriculture Ministry to help maximize investment in free economic zones

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Iran Agriculture Ministry to help maximize investment infree economic zones Iranian Agriculture Minister Mohammad-Ali Nikbakht has saidhis ministry will take all the necessary measures for increasing investment inthe country’s free and special economic zones, Freena reported.Speaking in a meeting with Secretary of the Free Zones HighCouncil Hojatollah Abdolmaleki on Tuesday, Nikbakht referred to the appropriatestrategy of the Free Zones High Council in internationalization and jump ininve

Oct 25 202317:12

Iran announces plan to launch agricultural AI research institute

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Iran announces plan to launch agricultural AI researchinstitute Iran’s deputy minister of agriculture announced plans tolaunch an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institute as part of efforts todevelop AI-powered methods and techniques in the sector of agriculture. Head of Agricultural Research, Education and ExtensionOrganization (AREEO) Khayyam Nekouei termed AI as the most modern technology intoday’s world and said the use of this modern technology in the agriculturalsector,

Oct 23 202318:57

Iran exports 3.5m tons of agri- food, products in 6 months

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Iran exports 3.5m tons of agri- food, products in 6months Some 3.5 million tons of agricultural and foodstuff productswere exported in the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year(March 21-September 22), an official said. “In the first six months of thisyear, Iranian producers succeeded in exporting 3.5 million tons of agriculturaland foodstuff products,” the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration(IRICA) spokesman Ruhollah Latifi announced. “The exports

Oct 23 202318:56

Minister highlights importance of watershed, aquifer management projects

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Minister highlights importance of watershed, aquifermanagement projects The government attaches great significance to theimplementation of watershed and aquifer management projects across the country,Iran’s Minister of Agriculture said. “We have inherited natural resourcesfrom past generations, and should preserve them for future generations,”Mohammad Ali Nikbakht said on Saturday.Noting that the country is suffering from prolonged droughtand water scarcity, he said, “W

Oct 22 202315:21

Iran raw silk cocoon output registers rise this year

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A total of 1,700 tons of raw silk cocoons were produced thisspring, registering a major increase compared to previous seasons, according tothe head of Iran Sericulture Expansion Center affiliated with the AgricultureMinistry. “Over the past four years, we haveachieved great success in the production of silk cocoons. The output hasincreased from 980 tons to 1,720 tons,” Adel Sarvi Zargar was also quoted assaying. Sericulture is now practiced in 27 of Iran’s 31 provinces,he said.

Oct 22 202315:19

Iran agriculture minister calls for removing US dollar in mutual trade with Kyrgyzstan

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Iran agriculture minister calls for removing US dollar in mutual trade with Kyrgyzstan Iran agriculture minister calls for removing US dollar in mutual trade with Kyrgyzstan Iran agriculture minister calls for removing US dollar inmutual trade with Kyrgyzstan The Iranian Minister of Agriculture and the Kyrgyz Ministerof Economy and Commerce discussed ways to remove the US dollar from theirbilateral trade and launch a settlement system to use their national currenciesin trade exchanges. In a mee

Oct 21 202315:07

Agriculture minister attending 13th Iran-Kyrgyzstan Joint Economic Committee meeting

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Agriculture minister attending 13th Iran-Kyrgyzstan Joint Economic Committee meeting Agriculture minister attending 13th Iran-Kyrgyzstan Joint Economic Committee meeting Agriculture minister attending 13th Iran-Kyrgyzstan JointEconomic Committee meeting Iran’s Agriculture Minister Mohammad-Ali Nikbakht hastraveled to Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek to participate in the 13thIran-Kyrgyzstan Joint Economic Committee meeting on October 19-21. Nikbakht is the Iranian chair of the joint com

Oct 21 202315:05