Smart irrigation systems being implemented in major farms across Iran

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Smart irrigation systems being implemented in major farmsacross Iran Following the Iranian Agriculture Ministry’s smartirrigation systems development program, the ministry has equipped 27 majorfarms across the country with smart irrigation systems in the current Iraniancalendar year (started on March 21), Iran's Deputy Agriculture Minister SafdarNiazi said.“Fortunately, knowledge-basedcompanies have done great work for indigenizing the knowledge for themanufacturing and installation

Aug 22 202315:04

Iran exports 4,000 tons of trout to Russia, Persian Gulf nations

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Iran exports 4,000 tons of trout to Russia, Persian Gulfnations Some 4,000 tons of trout have been exported to Russia andPersian Gulf nations since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year(March 21), according to the managing director of Iran’s Coldwater Fish FarmersAssociation.Since beginning of the year, Iranian trout farmers haveexported about 4,000 tons of this freshwater fish, Arash Nabizadeh said onSaturday. He added that most of the country’s trout production isexpo

Aug 21 202319:00

Iran saffron exports register significant growth in 4 months

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Iran saffron exports register significant growth in 4 months Iran saffron exports register significant growth in 4 months Iran saffron exports register significant growth in 4 months A total of 13.6 tons of saffron were exported from Iranduring the first four month of the current calendar year (March 21-July 22),registering a 70% year-on-year rise in value compared to same period last year.Gholamreza Miri, the chairman of Iranian Saffron Exportersand Sellers Union, said the amount of export witn

Aug 21 202318:43

Iran and Iraq discuss expansion of agricultural ties

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Iran, Iraq discuss expansion of agricultural ties During a meeting between Iranian Agriculture MinisterMohammad Ali Nikbakht and his Iraqi counterpart in Tehran on Thursday, theIranian minister referred to the close relations between the two countries andstressed the need to use all capacities and expand bilateral relations invarious agricultural fields. “The cultural, social and religiousrelations between the people of Iran and Iraq have their roots in history, andreligious commonalities

Aug 19 202312:06

Iran exporting hybrid seed corn to 5 countries, official says

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Iran exporting hybrid seed corn to 5 countries, officialsays Iran is currently exporting hybrid seed corn to fivecountries, according to Director General of the Agriculture Ministry's Grainsand Essential Goods Department Faramak Aziz-Karimi. “98 percent of the country’sagricultural crop seed is produced domestically under the supervision ofIranian experts,” Aziz-Karimi said on Wednesday. She added, “Every year we plant some two million tons ofseeds, which account for 80

Aug 19 202312:03

Iran owns largest insect collection in region, official says

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Iran owns largest insect collection in region, officialsays An official with the Iranian Research Institute of PlantProtection said the country’s Hayk Mirzayans Insect Museum has a collection ofnearly 4.5 million insect specimens. “The Hayk Mirzayans Insect Museumhas a collection of nearly 4.5 million insect specimens, including 25,000 localspecies,” Shahab Manzari, who is the head of the Insect Taxonomy ResearchDepartment at the Hayk Mirzayans Museum, said. He added, “T

Aug 19 202311:54

Iran plans to set up 150,000 ha of new greenhouses

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The director of the Agriculture Ministry's GreenhouseDevelopment Program said 150,000 hectares of new greenhouses are planned to beset up in the country during a five-year program based on the Seventh NationalDevelopment Plan.23,000 hectares of lands are under greenhouse cultivationthroughout the country, Mehdi Lotfizadeh, announced recently. He added that the government attaches great importance tothe development of greenhouse cultivation across the country, according toTehran Times. In this re

Aug 17 202311:32

Iran launches projects to preserve its native poultry genetic resources

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Iran launches projects to preserve its native poultrygenetic resources An official with Animal Science Research Institute of Iran(ASRI) said that the center has launched several projects to preserve thecountry’s poultry genetics resources.“Over the past years, foreign GMOchickens have been imported to the country which could affect the livelihood ofour native chickens due to their high growth rates and resistance to variousdiseases,” Sho’le Qorbani said recently. She add

Aug 15 202317:29

Iran to grow medicinal plants in rainfed, dryland regions

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The head of Iran’s Agricultural Research Education andExtension Department in Ardebil said plans are underway to grow medicinal andaromatic herbs in rainfed and dryland regions across the northwesternprovince. Medicinal herbs have wider adaptability to drought and otheradverse climatic conditions, Kamal Shahbazi said recently. He added that these plants comprise a large number of trees,shrubs, herbs, grasses, etc. which grow wild in different agro-climaticconditions including arid, semiar

Aug 15 202317:23

Iran looking for expansion in trade with Russia, Kazakhstan

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Iran is planning to increase its trade relations with Russiaand Kazakhstan, an official with Iran’s northern province of Mazandaran said.We are in talks with Russian and Kazakh officials in effortsto increase the province’s agricultural exchanges and barter trade with the twocountries, Rahim Bakhshi, Director General of Investment and Employment AffairsCoordination Office of Mazandaran Governorate, told IRNA. He added, “Mazandaran province ranks first in the countryfor producti

Aug 14 202316:54