Iran sets up major disease-free facility to improve shrimp brand

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Iran sets up major disease-free facility to improve shrimpbrand The Iranian Ministry of Agriculture has launched a majorproject in the southern Bushehr Province to mass produce disease-resistantshrimp, the head of Iran Fishery Organization (IFO) announced. The construction of the facility has begun with aninvestment of $13.5 million, Hossein Hosseini said last week. He added that the plan implementation will lead toself-sufficiency in shrimp production, thereby cutting imports. Also, it willcrea

Aug 30 202312:11

Iran annual caviar output to reach 100 tons by Mar. 2025

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Iran’s annual caviar output to reach 100 tons by Mar. 2025The annual production of caviar in the country isanticipated to reach 100 tons by the Iranian calendar year 1404 (begins onMarch 21, 2025), according to Iran's International Sturgeon Research InstituteDirector Mahmoud Bahmani.Iran has targeted to produce 10,000 tons of sturgeon meatand 100 tons of caviar by March 2025, Bahmani said last week. There are currently 195 active sturgeon farms in 20provinces across the country, he said, a

Aug 29 202314:30

Germany, Spain top importers of Iranian pistachios in January-June 2023: Eurostat

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Germany, Spain top importers of Iranian pistachios inJanuary-June 2023 Eurostat Iran exported over €48 million of pistachios to the EuropeanUnion (EU) member states during the first six months of 2023, according to thedata released by the European Union's statistics office, Eurostat.Iran’s pistachio export to the union has dropped 39 percentin the first half of this year, from €78.6 million in the same period of timein the past year, the Eurostat data indicate.The Islamic Repub

Aug 29 202314:26

Iran to host international congress on animal science

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The Iranian Ministry of Agriculture will organize the 2ndInternational Congress and the 9th National Congress on animal science onAugust 30-31 in Karaj, the capital of the north-central Iranian province ofAlborz.“The 2nd International Congress andthe 9th National Congress on animal science will be held with the aim ofdeveloping sustainable animal husbandry across Iran,” Mohammad MoradiShahrbabak, the secretary of the congress, said on Monday. He added that specialized panels on light

Aug 28 202314:37

2,300 agricultural projects to come on stream, minister says

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Iranian Agriculture Minister Mohammad-Ali Nikbakht said that2,300 agricultural projects with a total investment of 240.784 trillion rials(about $492 million) are going to be inaugurated across the country duringGovernment Week (August 24-30).According to Nikbakht, most of the mentioned projects aregoing to go operational in less privileged regions of the country, Tehran Timesreported.Projects related to water and soil have the biggest shareamong the mentioned projects, allocating for 48 percent

Aug 28 202313:17

Govt. guaranteed wheat purchases reach 10m tons

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Some 10 million tons of wheat have been purchased fromIranian farmers at guaranteed prices in the current Iranian calendar year(started on March 21), according to the data provided by the Government TradeCompany (GTC).A Tuesday statement from the Government Trading Corporation(GTC) said the volume of wheat purchased from domestic farmers since the startof harvest in April had increased by 43% compared to the same period last year.GTC’s CEO Saeid Raad, a deputy agriculture minister, saidthe

Aug 28 202313:15

Iran, Uzbekistan agree to boost agricultural ties

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Iran, Uzbekistan agree to boost agricultural ties Iran, Uzbekistan agree to boost agricultural ties Iran, Uzbekistan agree to boost agricultural ties Iran and Uzbekistan agreed to develop and deepen bilateralrelations in various agricultural sectors. In a meeting held between Iran’s Deputy Minister ofAgriculture Mojtaba Khayyam Nekouei and the head of the Iran-Uzbekistan TradeCenter in Tashkent on Saturday, the two sides emphasized expanding anddeepening mutual ties in the field of agricu

Aug 26 202317:33

Iran and Malaysia discuss ways to expand agricultural cooperation

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Iran, Malaysia discuss ways to expand agriculturalcooperation Iranian Minister of Agriculture Mohammad Ali Nikbakht andMalaysian Foreign Minister Zambry Abdul Kadir stressed the need for theexpansion of bilateral cooperation in the sector of agriculture. During a meeting in Tehran on Tuesday, the two sides calledfor the establishment of the Iran-Malaysia Joint Agricultural CooperationCommittee for the implementation of a memorandum of understanding signed by thetwo sides in Malaysia in July.Nik

Aug 23 202321:29

Major agricultural projects to be inaugurated this week

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Major agricultural projects to be inaugurated this week Major agricultural projects to be inaugurated this week Major agricultural projects to be inaugurated this week Iran’s Agriculture Ministry announced that 43 developmentand production projects worth 28.7 trillion rials will be inaugurated acrossthe country on the occasion of the Government Week (August 24-30).Inaugurating these projects is set to create more than 2,070job opportunities across the country and also save two million cub

Aug 23 202313:31

East Azarbaijan exports over 53,000 tons of agricultural products

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East Azarbaijan exports over 53,000 tons of agriculturalproducts Over 53,000 tons of agricultural products have been exportedfrom East Azarbaijan province, in the northwest of Iran, so far during thecurrent Iranian calendar year 1400 (started March 21, 2023), the head of theprovince’s Agriculture Department announced. So far 53,503 tons of agricultural products have beenexported from East Azarbaijan province, Akbar Fathi said on Monday. He named 52 European and Asian countries including R

Aug 22 202315:12