Minister of Agriculture-Jihad announced that there was 40-fold growth in Iran’s fishery products after the revolution

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According to the ministry of Agriculture-Jihad informationcenter, Mahmoud Hojjati, the Minister, has told that the country’s fishery’sproducts has increased from 32 thousand in the year of revolution, i.e. in 1979, to 1.2 million tons in 2006. Ministerof Agriculture-Jihad, after referring to the promotion of Iran's global rankingin the production of fishery products, the country’s fishery industry has grownfrom the rank of 70th to 27th. Hojjati has added that while other countr

Mar 2 201915:26

The Minister of Agricultural-Jihad emphasized the necessity of developing the production, processing and export of medicinal plants in Iran

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Minister of Agriculture- Jihad said medicinal plantsare compatible with the country's climate and given the role of these productsin creating employment, earnings for the country, development of theirproduction, processing and exporting medicinal herbs should be seriouslyconsidered.According to the information center of the Ministry ofAgriculture-Jihad, Mr. Mahmoud Hojjati, Minister of Agriculture Jihad, at themeeting of the headquarters of Medicinal Plants of the Ministry ofAgriculture-Jihad ha

Feb 23 201912:53

Two new cotton cultivars were defined through utilizing with peaceful nuclear technologies

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At the same time with the celebration of the 40thanniversary of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, during the ceremony at theCotton Research Institute, two new cultivars of mutant cotton were unveiledusing peaceful nuclear technologies in Golestan province. According to the information center of the Ministry ofAgriculture-Jihad, for the first time in the country, two mutant cottonproducts, named “Parto” and “Taban”, tolerant to salinity, wilt disease, andverticillium were un

Feb 23 201912:46

29 veterinary plans will be launched in this year, 2019, decade of Fajr

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According to the Ministry of Jihad-Agriculture informationcentre, Dr. Alreza Rafiee-Pour, Head of veterinary organization, on theoccasion of the 40th anniversary of the Islamic revolution, in regard to theachievements made in veterinary medicine in the last four decades, hastold the country’s livestock, poultry,aquaculture and bee products value about 15 billion dollars, which represent afavorable food security situation in our country. He also added that Iran isamong top 10 egg producers

Feb 5 201915:48

Iran is the second largest producer and breeder of ostriches in the world

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Deputy director of animal production of the Ministry ofJihad-Agricultural told that Iran is the second largest producer of ostrichesafter South Africa in the world. According to theMinistry of Jihad-Agriculture information centre, Dr. Morteza Rezaiee mentionedthat We have about 6 to 7 thousand ostrich producers in the country, producing100 to 110 thousand ostrich pieces per year. He also added A yearly 3,000 tons of red meat is producedin the country, and ostrich meat is considered to be the mos

Feb 2 201913:09

Iran is on the verge of self-sufficiency in sugar production

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font-family"Calibri",sans-serif;minor-latin;Calibri;minor-latin;minor-latin;Arial;minor-bidi;EN-CA;EN-US;AR-SA">Production ofagricultural dried products is being developed in cooperation withinternational research institutes Iran is on the verge of self-sufficiency insugar production Deputy ofagriculture affairs of the Ministry of Jihad-Agriculture has said productionof agricultural dried products in cooperation with international researchinstitutes and through employing the principle

Jan 29 201911:36

After revolution, agricultural products increased four-fold in Iran

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Minister of Jihad-Agriculture said Agricultural productsfrom 25 million tons at the beginning of the Islamic revolution has grown to122 million tons, which shows a four-fold increase. According to theinformation center of the Ministry of Jihad-Agriculture, Mahmoud Hojjati saidIran has gained many achievements in the field of agriculture after the victoryof the Islamic revolution, which can provide a platform for the independenceand self-sufficiency of the country in the food field. Referring to

Jan 27 201907:43

FRWO and FAO to sign a MoU on Risk-Based Integrated Watershed Management

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Iran and FAO are to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on Risk-Based Integrated Watershed Management by the end of the current year. According to the FRWO’s website, Khalil Aghaee, Deputy Minister and Head of Forests, Range and Watershed Management Organization (FRWO) on the sidelines of a meeting with the new representative of FAO in Iran, accompanied by the senior experts from FAO said that this joint partnership aims at improvinglivelihood of the communities, mitigating water scarcity

Jan 16 201914:24

Iran will be one of the key centers of agricultural crops producers in the region soon

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Iran will be one of the key centers of agricultural cropsproducers in the region soonOn the visit of the representative of the supreme leader in the Ministry ofAgriculture-Jihad, with the aim of investigating the patterns of resistiveeconomics in the agricultural sector and challenges caused by drought, ameeting was made in which Ayatollah Soleimani, representative of supreme leaderin Sistan and Baluchestan was present too.According to the Ministry of Jihad Agriculture informationcenter, the rep

Jan 5 201916:40

Iran ranked 1st in salmon production in the world

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"Arial",sans-serif;"> Iran has the world's first rank in salmon productionin the world / Fisheries program forsturgeon farming in non-coastal provincesDeputydirector of aquaculture development of Iran's Fisheries Organization saidIslamic Republic of Iran has gained the first rank in trout production in theworldcolor#1B1B1B;">..0001pt;text-alignleft;line-heightnormal;backgroundwhite;directionrtl;unicode-bidiembed"> Accordingto the Ministry of Agriculture-Jihad quoted by IRNA, Hossein A

Dec 29 201817:44