Iran agriculture - page 6

EghtesadOnline: The office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Iran began a technical cooperation program called "Capacity Building for Increasing Sustainable Oilseed Production Focused on Soybean Value" in a workshop held in Tehran earlier this month, which will be carried out over two years (2017-19), the office said in a press release on Wednesda

EghtesadOnline: The press conference for the first-ever International Conference on Virtual Water in Iran was held on Saturday to analyze the effective use of water in agriculture in light of the country’s looming water shortage.

EghtesadOnline: Some 81,500 tons of honey were produced in Iran in the last fiscal year (ended March 20, 2017), says Deputy Agriculture Minister Hassan Rokni, adding that the figure is expected to rise 5.5% to reach 86,000 tons in the current year.

EghtesadOnline: The agriculture sector, as one of the major pillars of Iran’s economy, has played an undeniable role in Iran’s economic growth since President Hassan Rouhani took office in August 2013. Annual agricultural production, which stood at 97 million tons when Rouhani became president, rose to 117 million tons in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2017), IRNA reported.

EghtesadOnline: Although the agriculture sector had an effective role in Iran’s economic growth in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2017), former agriculture minister, Isa Kalantari, believes the new year would be a tough year for Iranian farmers.

EghtesadOnline: Ukraine plans to significantly increase its trade in food and agricultural products with Iran in the coming years, the Ukrainian Agriculture Ministry said on Monday.

EghtesadOnline: With around 84,000 hectares of olive orchards and an annual production of 100,000 tons, Iran is ranked by the International Olive Council as 14th in the world in terms of area under olive cultivation and 17th in terms of production, the Ministry of Agriculture’s head of the Expansion and Improvement of Olive Orchards Group, Mahmoud Emami.

EghtesadOnline: Iran produces more than 1.18 million tons of different kinds of nuts every year, close to 800,000 tons of which are consumed domestically and the rest is exported, an official with the Ministry of Agriculture said.

EghtesadOnline: In the current tea harvest season, the government purchased more than 139,000 tons of fresh tea leaves, worth 2.34 trillion rials (close to $62 million), from farmers, of which 31,200 tons of dried tea have been produced this year (March 2016-17).

EghtesadOnline: Filipinos may soon have a taste of Iranian apples, as the government of Iran is keen on taking its produce to Philippine markets.