Iran exporting citrus fruits to China, kiwifruits to India, official says

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Iranexporting citrus fruits to China, kiwifruits to India, official says Thehead of Iran’s Plant Protection Organization announced that the country isexporting citrus fruits and kiwifruits to China and India, respectively. Exportsof citrus fruits to China as well as kiwifruits to India are underway, ShahpourAlaei-Moqaddam said.Interms of kiwi output, the country is the world’s fifth major producer of theproduct with 289,000 tons per year. China, New Zealand, and Italy are the firstt

Jan 8 202316:13

Contract farming continues to grow across Iran

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The Iranian agriculture minister said contract farmingacross the country has expanded to cover over 960,000 metric tons. A total of over 960,000 metric tons of crops were producedthis year through the ministry’s contract farming program, Javad Sadatinejadsaid on Sunday. He added the Iranian ministry aims to increase this capacityin the near future by signing more preharvest agreements with farmers.“In the past ten months, the issuance of farming contractshas seen a rise of 700 percen

Jan 7 202311:04

Iran, Russia explore ways to remove obstacles to rise in export

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Iran, Russia explore ways to removeobstacles to rise in export Iranian Agriculture Minister Seyed JavadSadatinejad and President of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and IndustrySergey Katyrin discussed ways to remove obstacles to the rise in exports. In a recent meeting in Tehran, Sadatinejadand Katyrin noted that ties between Iran and Russia had reached new highs andit’s time all obstacles in the way of enhanced coordination and cooperationbetween the two counties be removed. “Tari

Jan 3 202315:46

Iran plans to launch center for conservation of aquatic resources, marine life

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Iran plans to launch center for conservation of aquaticresources, marine life A senior Iranian official said the country has plansunderway to launch a center on southern Island of Kish to preserve aquaticmarine resources in the paradise of the Persian Gulf. In a Sunday meeting with Iran’s secretary of the Free ZonesHigh Council, head of Iran’s Fisheries Organization (IFO) Hossein Hosseiniemphasized the importance of protecting and preserving marine resources andecosystems. The Irania

Jan 3 202315:31

Production of silk cocoons in high economic status in Iran

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The head of the sericulture center of the country saidPlans and actions taken in the five areas of berry orchard revitalization,improving the quality of sericulture seeds, training and empowering farmers andexperts, and autumn breeding have made silk cocoon production more economical. Adeel Sarvi Zargar stated that the amount of wet silk cocoonproduction in spring and autumn of this year is 1701 tons and added that Withthe production of 1,701 tons of fresh silk cocoons, the level of self-relianc

Dec 31 202209:03

Iran, Venezuela sign cooperation document to boost agricultural ties

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Iran, Venezuela sign cooperation document to boostagricultural ties Iranian Agriculture Minister Seyed Javad Sadatinejad and hisvisiting Venezuelan counterpart Wilmar Castro Soteldo signed a cooperationdocument to deepen agricultural relationship between the two countries. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Tehran andCaracas was signed during a ceremony in the Iranian capital Tehran last month. Through the MOU, Iran and Venezuela intend to collaborateacross several areas including Pla

Dec 31 202208:45

Iran ranks first in the production of saffron, rose flower and Persian shallot in the world

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Iran ranks first in the production of saffron, rose flowerand Persian shallot in the world The deputy minister of horticulture affairs of the Ministryof Agriculture stated that the area under cultivation of medicinalplants in the country should reach 500 thousand hectares by the year 2026, withthe participation of the people, serious contribution of the producers, and bya strategic plan.Mohammad Mehdi Broumandi, deputy director of horticultureaffairs, in the meeting of the training course on org

Dec 26 202210:11

Knowledge-sharing sessions held in Urmia to transfer international experiences to farmers

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Knowledge-sharing sessions held in Urmia to transferinternational experiences to farmers To acquire the knowledge of new farming methods and graspingproven agricultural practices intended to increase water productivity, knowledge-sharingsessions are conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UnitedNations (FAO), in Urmia, in close collaboration with government of Iran and thesupport from the government of Japan.Eying to increase resilience in agriculture sector, thesessions includ

Dec 26 202209:33

100% increase in pomegranate exports/ Estimated production of 1.2 million tonnes of pomegranate despite drought and cold snap

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100% increase in pomegranate exports/ Estimatedproduction of 1.2 million tonnes of pomegranate despite drought and cold snap The director general of the Tropical and Subtropical FruitsOffice of the Ministry of Agriculture, Zahra Jalili Moghadam, announced a 100percent increase in pomegranate exports in this year. She stated that in the 1st eight months of 2021, we exported 3500 tons ofpomegranate and added that the quality and taste of pomegranate of Iran isunique in the world, and one of the c

Dec 24 202221:53

Iran total grain storage capacity largest in Mideast: Report

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minor-latin">The Islamic Republic of Iran owns the Middle East’s largest fullymechanized grain silos, with a storage capacity of over 21 million tons, areport said.minor-latin">According to the report published by the public relations officeof the Iranian agriculture ministry on Tuesday, the storage capacity of Iran’ssilos across the country amount to 21, 412,000 tons. minor-latin">It added that the silos play a vital and fundamental role inbuilding a sustainable food security system

Nov 2 202218:07