EghtesadOnline: The ongoing seasonal ban on rice imports will be in effect until Nov. 21, Deputy Agriculture Minister Yazdan Seif said, noting that the ban started as of August.

EghtesadOnline: The Government Trading Corporation of Iran has bought more than 2 million tons of wheat from domestic farmers across the country so far this crop year, according to GTC’s new managing director, Yazdan Seif .

EghtesadOnline: Yazdan Seif , former managing director of Agricultural Support Services Company, was appointed on Tuesday as the new head of Government Trading Corporation to replace deputy agriculture minister, Ali Qanbari.

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.