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Iranian Food Spending Shrinks

EghtesadOnline: When incomes drop and family budgets decline, food choices shift toward cheaper but more energy-dense foods. The first items dropped are usually healthier foods—high-quality proteins, whole grains, vegetables and fruit.
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Publish Date:28/February/2017 | 16:32

Thailand Seals 1st Iran Rice Deal in 10 Yrs.

EghtesadOnline: Thailand has secured a deal to sell rice to Iran for the first time in 10 years, with delivery of 50,000-100,000 tons of white rice due over the next 1-2 months.
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Publish Date:26/February/2017 | 24:28

$21m in Aid to Frost-Stricken Farmers

EghtesadOnline: The government will grant 800 billion rials (over $21 million) in aid to farmers whose orchards were damaged in Mazandaran by frost last November, the head of the northern Iranian province’s Agricultural Jihad Organization said.
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Publish Date:21/February/2017 | 14:53

Iran’s Pistachio Production Hub Under Serious Threat

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s pistachio accounts for $1.5 billion of a total of $2 billion worth of nuts exported from the country annually, said Asadollah Asgaroladi, a member of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture and an exporter of nuts.
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Publish Date:20/February/2017 | 15:59

Iran’s Agro Trade Deficit Narrows

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s trade deficit in the agriculture sector during the 10 months to January 19, 2017, narrowed by $308 million over last year’s corresponding period to stand at $2.47 billion.
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Publish Date:19/February/2017 | 14:51

Iran's Herbal Exports Earn $91m

EghtesadOnline: About $91 million worth of medicinal herbs, including cumin, coriander and coriander seeds, henna and damask rose, were exported in the last Iranian year (March 2015-16).
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Publish Date:17/February/2017 | 07:49

Almond Exports Earn $25m p.a.

EghtesadOnline: Some 160,000 tons of sweet almond valued at close to $1 billion are produced in Iran every year, of which 4,000 to 5,000 tons worth $25 million are exported to 26 countries, including Turkey, India, Germany and the littoral states of the Persian Gulf, according to Ramezan Rouintan with the Ministry of Agriculture.
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Publish Date:14/February/2017 | 14:34

OFAC Adopts Rule to Expand Medical, Agro Exports to Iran

EghtesadOnline: The United States’ Office of Foreign Assets Control has adopted a final rule amending the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 560 (ITSR), to authorize additional transactions related to medicine, medical devices and agricultural commodities.
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Publish Date:07/February/2017 | 15:22

Fall in Per Capita Red Meat Consumption

EghtesadOnline: Per capita red meat consumption in Iran’s urban areas has decreased by 25% over the past decade to stand at 11.43 kilograms in the last Iranian year (March 2015-16), according to the head of Agricultural Commission of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture.
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Publish Date:07/February/2017 | 15:21

Iran Exports 4.3m Tons of Nitrogen Fertilizers p.a.

EghtesadOnline: Iran is now producing enough nitrogen fertilizers to meet all the needs of its agriculture sector, the managing director of Agricultural Support Services Company said.
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Publish Date:06/February/2017 | 15:01

Malaysian Agriculture Minister due in Tehran

EghtesadOnline: Malaysian Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry, Mah Siew Keong, heading a 25-member delegation, is to travel to Iran as of Sunday to hold talks with Iranian officials for expansion of cooperation.
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Publish Date:04/February/2017 | 08:29

South Korea invests 200 million euro in Iran’s agriculture

EghtesadOnline: South Korea invested 200 million euro in Iran for producing agricultural machinery in the wake of its president’s visit to Tehran, one of the board members of Iranian Fertilizer Manufacturers Association announced.
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Publish Date:24/January/2017 | 14:01

Sugar Output Estimated to Exceed 1.5m Tons

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s sugar production is estimated to exceed 1.52 million tons by the end of the current fiscal year (March 20, 2017), an official with the Ministry of Agriculture said.
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Publish Date:23/January/2017 | 14:10

Tehran to Host Agro Confab

EghtesadOnline: The Eighth Conference on Healthy and Sustainable Agriculture will be held in Tehran on January 26.
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Publish Date:22/January/2017 | 13:16

1,000 Hectares of Greenhouses Authorized

EghtesadOnline: The Ministry of Agriculture has authorized the establishment of greenhouses extending over 1,000 hectares so far in the current Iranian year (started March 20, 2016), says deputy agriculture minister for horticultural affairs, Mohammad Ali Tahmasebi.
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Publish Date:22/January/2017 | 13:14

Colza Production Expected to Double

EghtesadOnline: Colza production is expected to reach 200,000 tons in the next Iranian year (March 2017-18), double the amount of production this year, according to Alireza Mohajer, an official with the Ministry of Agriculture.
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Publish Date:21/January/2017 | 14:23