EghtesadOnline: The government has bought more than 9.2 million tons of wheat from local farmers in 31 Iranian provinces in the current fiscal year (started March 21), which indicates a 5% increase compared with the similar period of last year.

EghtesadOnline: Since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2016), the government has purchased more than 7.8 million tons of wheat at a total price of 100,000 billion rials ($2.85 billion at market exchange rate) from local farmers, which indicates a 19.2% increase compared with last year.