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EghtesadOnline: Iran exported 679,510 tons of agricultural and food products worth about $336 million during the month to April 19 to register a 25.85% rise in tonnage and a 9.13% decline in value compared with last year’s corresponding period, the Agriculture Ministry reported.

EghtesadOnline: The Secretary of the Supreme Board of Supervision of Agricultural Trade Unions of Iran said: the Central Organization of Rural Cooperatives of Iran, on behalf of the Ministry of Jihad for Agriculture, pursuant to Article 27 of the Regulations of the Agricultural Trade Union and Natural Resources Approved by the Cabinet of Ministers, Articles of Association and Executive Instructions.

EghtesadOnline: Agricultural yields are expected to increase by 3 million tons, thanks to the good rainfall recorded in the current Iranian year (started March 20).

EghtesadOnline: Dr. Hossein Shirzad said that the full implementation of the cotton plan, the transfer of all four factories in the country to the Union of Agricultural Cooperatives of Cotton and Oilseeds, financial assistance and investment in the cotton sector and timely financial security with the development of new markets should be operational.

EghtesadOnline: Aiming to empower the members of the rural and agricultural cooperatives, the Central Organization for Rural Cooperatives of Iran (CORC) is going to hold more than 650 special training courses.

EghtesadOnline: Iranian Deputy Minister of Agriculture-Jihad, Hossein Shirzad Elaborated the Trade Tripartite Goals and Their Relevant Strategies.

EghtesadOnline: A total of 5 million tons of agricultural and food products worth close to $4.1 billion were exported from Iran during the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Dec. 21).

EghtesadOnline: Iran Central Organization for Rural Cooperatives (CORC), is a significant body for rural and agricultural development with more than 1000 Billion Rials of capital, Iran’s deputy agriculture minister said.

EghtesadOnline: Hossein Shirzad, the deputy of the agriculture minister and chairman of the board of Central Organization for Rural Cooperatives of Iran (CORC), in a kick-off meeting with Tevita Taginavulau, the director-general of Center on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CYRDAP), said CORC is ready and willing to cooperate with CYRDAP in the field of rural and agricultural development.

EghtesadOnline: Wastewater treatment and use of recycled water in the agricultural and industrial sectors can help tackle the worsening water crisis in drought-stricken South Khorasan Province, head of the provincial water company said.