Sistan and Baluchestan: Iran red meat production hub

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Sistan and Baluchestan Iran’s red meat production hub An official with Agriculture Ministry announced that thesoutheastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan is Iran’s biggest red meatproduction hub.“Sistan and Baluchestan has 11industrial slaughterhouses with a daily capacity of 4,300 heads,” Hossein Damavandi-Nejad,the deputy minister for livestock products, said on Sunday.The ministry is seeking to fully tap into the potential ofthe province to increase the number of

Aug 7 202311:11

Iran working with FAO and US on major soil project

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Iran working with FAO, US on major soil project Iran's Soil and Water Research Institute (SWRI), FAO'sGlobal Soil Laboratories Network and United States Department of Agricultureare working on a project titled “Comparison of Equivalent Calcium CarbonateMeasurement Methods in Calcareous Soils”. The laboratory department of SWRI is actively involved inthis project and has played a significant role in this regard by developinginstructions (SOP) for the analysis of equivalent calcium ca

Jul 2 202311:55

Wheat output in Iran to grow by 10 percent in current crop year

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Wheat output in Iran to grow by 10 percent in current cropyear, report forecasts The US Department for Agriculture has forecast that Iran’swheat production is expected to increase by 10 percent in the current cropyear.According to the latest report of the US Department forAgriculture on global cereal production and trade dubbed “Grain World Marketsand Trade”, Iran produced 13.2 million tons of wheat in the last crop year andthe production in the current year is expected to exp

May 27 202311:07

Iranian made vaccine among world top 5

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Iranian-made vaccine among world’s top 5 An Iranian vaccine developed by the country’s Razi Vaccineand Serum Research Institute has been named among the world’s top fiveintranasal COVID vaccines, an official said. The PLOS One journal released an article on April 21 whichstudies the latest progress made around the world on developing new generationsof COVID vaccines, Reza Banihashemi, Director for research and managementdepartment at Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute,

May 3 202316:21

Iran Agriculture Ministry sets up economic office to streamline trade with Kazakhstan

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Iran’s Ministry of Agriculture has set up an economic office to spearhead the coordination of the country’s economic activities with Kazakhstan, an official said. As part of efforts to facilitate the implementation of the government’s plans aimed at boosting bilateral trade ties with Kazakhstan, the ministry has established “Kazakhstan’s Economic Desk”, Hooman Fathi, director-general of International Affairs at the Ministry of Agriculture said in a meeting in

Apr 29 202305:24

Iran pistachio export revenue rises to 23m euros in 2022

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Iran-Spain Joint Chamber of Commerce put the value of Iran’s pistachio export to Spain at over 23 million euros in 2022.According to the report, Iran exported 2,068 tons of pistachios worth over 23 million euros to this country in 2022.The amount registered a 58% rise compared to same period in 2021.Iran is the largest supplier of pistachios to Spain after the United States. As the world’s largest producer of pistachio nuts for decades, Iran has seen its production of the delicacy fa

Apr 9 202310:14

Iran developing novel mulching methods to combat desertification

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An official with Iran’s Natural Resources and Watershed Management Organization said the government has plans underway to develop non-oil mulch in the new Iranian year (started March 21) with the aim of combating land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas across the country. Hamidreza Soleimani, the head of the Innovation and Technology Department of Natural Resources and Watershed Management Organization, said, “We will get help from domestic knowledge-based compani

Apr 1 202301:10

Every Iranian should plant three saplings Leader stresses

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‘EveryIranian should plant three saplings’, Leader stresses Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed AliKhamenei highlighted the importance of environmental protection, and thebenefits that arise from an increase in planting saplings and trees in our societyand in the country, noting that “every Iranian should plant three saplings”. “Praise God, the Almighty God onceagain gave me the opportunity this year as in previous years to perform my dutyto the best o

Mar 27 202317:12

Iran ranks world 11th top fertilizer exporter after US & Netherlands

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Iran ranks world's 11th top fertilizer exporter after US,Netherlands IFA Iran was ranked 11th among the world’s top fertilizerexporters, data provided by International Fertilizer Association (IFA) showed. According to IFA, Iran exported $1.8 billion worth ofchemical fertilizers in the 2021-2022 crop year to become the world’s 11thbiggest chemical fertilizer exporter.Russia was the largest exporter of chemical fertilizers inthe world during the mentioned period, exporting $12.5 billi

Mar 25 202311:33

Iran ranks 13th biggest producer of wheat worldwide

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Iran has been ranked the 13th biggest producer of wheatworldwide, registering a 28% rise compared to 2021, according to a recentreport by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.Based on the said report, Iranian farmers managed to produce13 million tons of wheat in 2022, 2.9 million tons more than the figure for theprevious year in which the total production stood at 10.1 million tons.According to FAO, Iran was the world’s 14th largest wheatproducer in 2021.The organization

Mar 6 202309:18