West Azarbaijan leads Iran in spring sugar beet production

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West Azarbaijan - Situated in the northwest of Iran, West Azarbaijan province is Iran's top producer of spring-planted sugar beets, while expanding autumn cultivation is essential to strengthening national sugar production and improving water-use efficiency, a senior agriculture official says. Hossein Asghari, director general of the Ministry of Agriculture's Office of Forage and Industrial Crops, made the remarks at a meeting of the provincial sugar beet technical committee, stressing that su

Oct 29 202611:20

Golestan harnesses green water to produce up to 370,000 tons of sugar beet

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Golestan – Iran’s northern Golestan province is set to produce between 360,000 and 370,000 tons of autumn-planted sugar beet this year, highlighting the growing role of rainfall-based agriculture and the use of “green water” in improving water sustainability. Ali Akbar Mehghani, deputy head for plant production improvement at the Golestan Agricultural Organization, said that most stages of the crop’s production cycle, from planting and cultivation to harvesting, h

Sep 11 202610:31

Sugar beet strategic crop for Iran’s sugar supply: Researcher

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Ahvaz – Shifting sugar beet farming from spring to autumn in Khuzestan has enabled farmers to capitalize on rainfall and cut irrigation water use, a model now being institutionalized by the province's agricultural research center, a researcher says. Hossein Kazemi, a researcher at the Khuzestan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Training Center, described sugar beet as a strategic crop for Iran's sugar supply, adding that expanding its cultivation supports national self-suff

May 18 202611:55

Khuzestan forecasts 1.5m ton sugar beet harvest

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Ahvaz – The southern Khuzestan province expects to harvest over 1.5 million tons of sugar beets from 26,000 hectares of farmland this season, a senior agricultural official announced. Koorosh Norouzi, cultivation director of the Khuzestan Agriculture Organization, said contracts have been signed with 14 sugar factories nationwide to process the crop. “Sugar beets are being cultivated across nine counties in the province, with Shush county leading as the main production hub.&rdquo

Apr 28 202612:33

Lorestan province registers rise sugar beet harvest

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Lorestan – The director of the Agricultural Organization in the western Lorestan Province report a successful and ongoing harvest of spring-planted sugar beet, with more than 400,000 tons already collected and processed. Namdar Sayyadi said that harvesting commenced on September 15, 2025. The yield from 6,900 hectares of farmland has already been transported to local sugar refineries. "Compared to last year's cultivated area of 8,201 hectares, we have seen a 4% increase, with current s

Dec 1 202511:05

Iran sees major growth in autumn sugar beet cultivation

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Tehran - Iran has recorded a twentyfold increase in autumn sugar beet cultivation, reaching a production level of 2.4 million tons this year—a milestone described as historic by the head of the National Sugar Beet Research Institute. Speaking at a performance evaluation meeting, Abazar Rajabi emphasized that the expansion of autumn cultivation has not only strengthened the country’s self-sufficiency in sugar production but also led to substantial water savings, a key benefit amid o

Nov 2 202509:33

‘West Azarbaijan province produces 35 percent of Iran sugar beet’

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Tehran – West Azarbaijan Province has secured its position as Iran’s top sugar beet producer, accounting for around 35% of the country’s total output in the 2023–2024 crop year, according to the head of the provincial Agriculture Organization. Mohammadreza Asghari reported that the province produced 2.1 million tons of sugar beet over the past year, ranking first nationwide in both production volume and yield. The crop currently covers approximately 29,890 hectares of f

Sep 2 202511:01