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Hojjati in Rome to Attend FAO Confab

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati arrived in the Italian capital Rome on Sunday at the head of a delegation to attend the 40th session of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Conference that opens today and will run through July 8.
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Publish Date:03/July/2017 | 08:52

CBI Loans for Agro Purchase

EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani’s Cabinet has authorized the Central Bank of Iran to allocate 9 trillion rials ($240 million) worth of loans to the Central Organization for Rural Cooperatives of Iran through agent banks for “the mutually consented and guaranteed purchase of agricultural products”.
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Publish Date:01/July/2017 | 09:37

Threefold Rise Expected in Colza Production

EghtesadOnline: Colza production is estimated to reach 200,000 tons in the current Iranian year (March 2017-18) and register a threefold increase compared with the previous year, a deputy agriculture minister said.
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Publish Date:30/June/2017 | 24:58

FAO: Iran to Produce 20m Tons of Cereals in 2017

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s total cereal production for 2017 is forecast to stand at 20.1 million tons to register a 0.9% increase compared with the 2016 estimate of 19.9 million tons, according to the latest data released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
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Publish Date:18/June/2017 | 09:11

Iran, Germany set to expand trade in horticulture

EghtesadOnline: Iran and Germany are going to accelerate their trade cooperation in horticultural products and hybrid seeds, Iranian Agriculture Ministry’s official portal reported.
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Publish Date:18/June/2017 | 06:55

Agro Outsourcing Target: 10,000 Hectares in Kazakhstan

EghtesadOnline: South Khorasan Province’s ultimate target is to increase the outsourcing of Kazakhstan’s farmland area to 10,000 hectares, director for market control with the South Khorasan Agricultural Jihad Organization said.
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Publish Date:14/June/2017 | 24:06

Oilseed Production Meets 8% of Domestic Demand

EghtesadOnline: Domestic demand for raw vegetable oil stands at about 1.5 million tons per year, the manager of Oilseeds Project carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture said.
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Publish Date:06/June/2017 | 11:46

Iran, Georgia discuss issues of mutual interest

EghtesadOnline: Iranian ambassador to Georgia Javad Ghavam Shahidi and Georgian Agriculture Minister Levan Davitashvili in a meeting reviewed ways to promote agricultural cooperation.
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Publish Date:03/June/2017 | 24:35

200K Tons of Wheat Flour Exported

EghtesadOnline: For the first time, Iran exported 200,000 tons of wheat flour in the last three months to regional countries and Europe, Deputy Agriculture Minister Ali Akbar Mehrfard was quoted as saying by Mehr News Agency.
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Publish Date:27/May/2017 | 06:36

Tehran Hosts Agrofood 2017

EghtesadOnline: Iran Agrofood 2017 opened at the Tehran International Fairground on Tuesday with the participation of about 1,500 companies from Iran and foreign countries.
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Publish Date:24/May/2017 | 07:59

Iranian Agricultural Delegation in Hungary

EghtesadOnline: Heading a 50-strong delegation comprising representatives from Iran’s major poultry production units, Agriculture Ministry’s deputy for livestock affairs, Hassan Rokni, visited Hungary and met with Hungarian officials on Sunday.
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Publish Date:22/May/2017 | 08:41

Agro Damages at $320m Last Year

EghtesadOnline: Pests and diseases as well as natural disasters caused 12 trillion rials ($320 million) in damages to orchards and lost revenues in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2017), the deputy head of Agricultural Insurance Fund, Mohammad Ebrahim Hassanzadeh, said.
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Publish Date:14/May/2017 | 10:16

Iran, Hungary to increase agricultural cooperation

EghtesadOnline: Head of Hungary's Chamber of Agriculture and Iran’s ambassador to Budapest discussed on Thursday agricultural cooperation between the two countries.
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Publish Date:13/May/2017 | 13:59

Rice Output Estimated to Rise 10-15%

EghtesadOnline: Rice production is estimated to increase by 10-15% in the current Iranian year (started March 21), because of favorable weather condition and timely distribution of seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, machinery and equipment among local farmers, the head of Agricultural Jihad Organization of Mazandaran Province said.
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Publish Date:10/May/2017 | 08:39

Queen Bee Distribution in Tehran

EghtesadOnline: Tehran’s Agricultural Jihad Organization has begun distributing queen bees among the province’s beekeepers, the deputy head of the organization said.
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Publish Date:08/May/2017 | 11:07

Agro Exports Top $5 Billion

EghtesadOnline: More than 5.81 million tons of agricultural products worth close to $5.69 billion were exported from Iran in the last fiscal year that ended on March 20, registering a 21.8% and 3.6% growth in weight and value respectively compared with the previous year, a deputy agriculture minister said.
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Publish Date:06/May/2017 | 09:07

Food Self-Sufficiency Up 24% in Three Years

EghtesadOnline: Iran's self-sufficiency in food production has improved by 24% since the government of President Hassan Rouhani took office, mainly thanks to higher production of wheat and sugar.
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Publish Date:01/May/2017 | 07:41

Greenhouse Cultivation on 11,400 Hectares

EghtesadOnline: The area under greenhouse cultivation in Iran has increased by 37.2% since President Hassan Rouhani took office in August 2013 to reach 11,425 hectares, Deputy Agriculture Minister Mohammad Ali Tahmasebi said.
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Publish Date:27/April/2017 | 10:09

No Change Expected in Domestic Rice Production

EghtesadOnline: About 2.25 million tons of rice are estimated to be produced in Iran during the current Iranian year that started on March 21, the head of Iran Rice Council said.
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Publish Date:27/April/2017 | 10:03