Iran world s fourth largest apple producer

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Iran world’s fourth largest apple producer Iran has exported 550,000 tons of apples worth $172 millionin the past Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20), the director-general ofthe Agricultural Ministry's office of cold and dry regions fruits said. Darioush Salempur said on Tuesday that Pakistan, Iraq,India, Russia and Afghanistan were the top five export buyers of Iranian applesin that year. In 2021-2022, more than 985 tons of apples were exported andIran claimed the second place that

Apr 5 202311:39

Iran and FAO agree to jointly fight desert locust

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Iran, FAO agree to jointly fight desert locust Iranian Agriculture Ministry’s Plant Protection Organizationand the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) haveagreed to join hands and address locust swarm infestations that devour cropsand threaten the livelihood and sustenance in the region. During a meeting with the FAO officials on the sidelines ofthe 17th session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) of theInternational Plant Protection Convention (IPP

Apr 5 202311:21

Iran seeking to expand banana plantations in Sistan-Baluchestan to curb imports

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Iran seeking to expand banana plantations inSistan-Baluchestan to curb imports Iranian agriculture minister Javad Sadatinejad said thegovernment plans to expand Sistan-Baluchestan’s banana plantations in effortsto limit imports of this tropical fruit.We have plans underway to expand banana plantations in thesoutheastern Sistan-Baluchestan Province by 15,000 hectares, Sadatinejad saidlast week. He added, “This way, the government can limit the imports ofthe fruit as well as the curre

Apr 4 202316:49

Ninety-five percent of Iran required livestock vaccines produced domestically, official says

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Ninety-five percent of Iran required livestock vaccinesproduced domestically, official says Deputy Agriculture Minister Mohammad Aghamiri said 95percent of the required animal vaccines in Iran are produced in the country. The head of Iran’s State Veterinary Medicine Organization onMonday put the annual livestock vaccines produced in the country at 365 milliondoses, saying they are produced in high quality.The official further noted that 60 million vials of animalvaccines are imported into

Apr 4 202316:41

Iran date exports fetch 400m dollars in 1 year

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Iran date exports fetch $400m in 1 year A total of $400 million worth of dates were exported fromIran in the previous Iranian year (ended on March 20), according to the deputyagriculture minister for horticulture affairs.“With 1.4 million tons of annualproduction, Iran is among the top three producers of dates in the world,”Mohammad-Mehdi Boroumand said. The value of last year’s exports stood at $400 million, headded. Egypt and Saudi Arabia are Iran’s major rivals in the

Apr 3 202313:28

Iran largest producer of horticultural products in region: Official

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Iran largest producer of horticultural products in regionOfficial The chairman of the Iran Fruit Union said Iran has claimedthe first place in region in terms of producing agricultural and horticulturalproducts.“Given the country's high capacities, we are the first inthe region in the production of agricultural and horticultural products,” RezaNourani said, according to Tehran Times.He further said that long-term coherent policies andmeasures are needed to boost exports. Nourani als

Apr 3 202313:13

Iran developing novel mulching methods to combat desertification

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An official with Iran’s Natural Resources and Watershed Management Organization said the government has plans underway to develop non-oil mulch in the new Iranian year (started March 21) with the aim of combating land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas across the country. Hamidreza Soleimani, the head of the Innovation and Technology Department of Natural Resources and Watershed Management Organization, said, “We will get help from domestic knowledge-based compani

Apr 1 202301:10

Iran annual export of fish feed to neighbors exceeds 10K tons, official says

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As announced by a provincial official, the value of fish feed export from Gilan province, in the north of Iran, stood at over 10 million dollars in the previous Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2022-March 20, 2023).Koroush Khalili, the director-general of the province’s Fisheries Department, said that over 10,800 tons of fish feed worth $10 million were exported from the province last year.He added that Most of the province's fish feed were exported to various European and Asian countries,

Mar 28 202312:52

Iran launches project to build permanent tent sites for nomads

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Iran launches project to build permanenttent sites for nomads The Iranian government has launched a majorproject to build concrete sites where nomads can use as permanent dwellings toset up their Black Tents on them, the head of the Nomads Affairs Organizationsaid. “Today, a safe and hygienic refuge is amongthe basic needs of our nomads across the country,” Abbas Papizadeh said lastweek at the groundbreaking ceremony of the project in Dezful, Iran'ssouthwestern province of Khuzestan

Mar 26 202318:30

Communal sheep breeding site set up in northwestern Iran

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Communal sheep breeding site set up innorthwestern Iran Iran’s Ministry of Agriculture has launchedthe country’s largest communal sheep breeding center in East AzarbaijanProvince, northwestern Iran, an official said. Hossein Damavandi-Nejad, the deputyminister for livestock products, said, “This animal husbandry unit has thecapacity to hold over 32,000 sheep”. He added that the ministry has invested indeveloping fully-fledged breeding centers with the vision of producing

Mar 26 202318:26