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Page Number 165 Iran seeking to become food security hub with FAO cooperation - CIRDAP 34th meeting underway in Bangkok - Iran, Tajikistan look to strengthen cooperation in water management, agriculture - Yazd Province to become Iran largest Opuntia Cactus producer - Iran discusses ways to facilitate exports of veterinary products in Paris - Iran attends IOC advisory committee meeting - Iran highlights importance of food security as Shanghai group agriculture ministers meet - Iran agricultural e

Nov 5 202616:47

Plant health clinics, reference labs critical to expanding Iran’s agricultural exports

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Tehran - Plant health clinics and specialized laboratories are key to boosting the international competitiveness of agricultural products from Iran’s central province of Yazd, as exporters face increasingly stringent phytosanitary and food safety requirements in regional and global markets, the province’s agriculture chief says. Abbas Haji-Hosseini, head of the Yazd Agricultural Organization, made the remarks at a meeting with plant protection officials and experts to mark Plant He

Oct 18 202611:53

Iran to boost pistachio, saffron exports to Europe, Minister says

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Rome - Iran’s agriculture minister has called for removing trade barriers, improving export logistics and accelerating shipments of Iranian pistachios and saffron to European markets, as Tehran seeks to expand agricultural cooperation and attract Italian investment. Gholamreza Nouri made the remarks at a meeting with Italian business leaders and representatives of agricultural associations hosted by the Iranian Embassy in Rome. Highlighting the exceptional quality and distinctive flavo

Oct 18 202611:32

Iran-FAO ties deepen despite sanctions, envoy says

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Rome- Iran’s cooperation with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) continues to expand despite Western sanctions and political pressure, with the UN agency reaffirming its readiness to support the country’s food security, Iran’s permanent representative to FAO says. Ali Kiani-Rad made the remarks on Saturday on the sidelines of FAO’s From Seeds to Food exhibition in Rome, stressing that political pressure had never prompted the organization to scale back coope

Oct 11 202611:22

Over 600 agricultural products in Iran receive identification codes

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Tehran — The director general of the Environment and Sustainable Development Office at the Ministry of Agricultural says identification codes have been issued for 600 agricultural products so far, as part of an ongoing drive to assign ID codes to such goods. Reza Bahramlou, referring to mandates under the Seventh Development Plan to build a system for identifying and tracing agricultural products, said that under the product ID scheme, strategic and staple crops were covered first, follo

Sep 26 202611:34

Pistachio harvest underway in southern Kerman

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Kerman - Pistachio harvesting has begun in Esfandaqeh District of Jiroft County, in southern Kerman province, with about 60 percent of the region’s crop lost to spring frost this year. Sadeq Hosseinzadeh, director of horticultural affairs at the Southern Kerman Agricultural Organization, said harvesting began in mid-September and will continue through mid-October. “Pistachio orchards cover about 787 hectares in the region, including 259 hectares of bearing trees. Production from

Sep 22 202611:36

Iran moves to strengthen pistachio industry, address water, export challenges

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Tehran - Iran’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture for Horticulture has called for a comprehensive national strategy to strengthen the country’s pistachio industry, with a focus on water management, product quality, value-chain modernization and the removal of export barriers. Mohammad-Mehdi Boroumandi made the remarks at the 14th meeting of the High Pistachio Council, attended by Mohammad-Javad Askari, Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s Agriculture Commission, as well as execu

Sep 21 202610:47

Certified saplings key to export-oriented agriculture in Iran

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SHIRAZ – The use of standardized mother orchards and certified saplings is essential to developing export-oriented agriculture and improving the global competitiveness of agricultural products in Iran’s Fars province, a provincial official said. Ahad Bahjat Haghighi, head of the Fars Agriculture Organization, said mother orchards provide the foundation for producing standard saplings, using trees with superior genetic characteristics, high productivity and strong resistance. He w

Sep 14 202610:42

North Khorasan to expand agricultural irradiation services to pistachios, saffron

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North Khorasan – Iran’s North Khorasan province in northeast plans to expand the use of agricultural irradiation technology to pistachios and saffron, as part of efforts to reduce post-harvest losses, extend product shelf life and enhance the value of agricultural production, a provincial official said. Esmail Mahmoudabadi, head of the North Khorasan Agricultural Organization, said the agricultural irradiation center in Shirvan has created significant new opportunities for producer

Sep 13 202612:16

North Khorasan expands agricultural exports to Russia, Kazakhstan

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Bojnurd — North Khorasan province, situated in the northeast of Iran, exported 2,221 tons of agricultural products worth $2.2 million during the current agricultural year, with shipments reaching neighboring countries as well as Russia and Kazakhstan, a provincial agriculture official said. Ahad Moradi, Deputy Head of Trade Development at the North Khorasan Agriculture Organization, said the exports, valued at approximately 2.834 trillion rials, were part of efforts to expand foreign mar

Sep 2 202611:52