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Iran, FAO Sign Agreement on A Joint Project for Producing Saffron
The office of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Iran and the Ministry of Agriculture inked an agreement on a joint project in the field of producing saffron aimed at ensuring…
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Iran’s Export of Dairy Products Up 65%: FAO
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) highlighted a significant growth in production of grains, red meat and dairy products in Iran in 2023, saying the country’s export of dairy products…
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Iran’s Production of Grain Exceeds 21 mln Tons in 2023: FAO
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in a report said Iran has produced more than 21 million tons of grain in the 2023 Crop Year and holds the fourth largest grain reserves in Asia.
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Iran, FAO Launch Project on Sustainable Agro Production
EghtesadOnline: The Iran-FAO project has been implemented since the beginning of the current crop year with the aim of increasing rainfed production sustainability in the provinces of East Azarbaijan,…
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FAO Delivers 1st Batch of Technical Assistance to Battle Desert Locusts
EghtesadOnline: The Food and Agriculture Organization has delivered the first batch of its technical assistance to Iran’s Plant Protection Organization to help the country battle the invasion…
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FAO Boosts Iran Fund to Battle Desert Locust
EghtesadOnline: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has increased its Emergency Technical Cooperation project (TCP) to help battle swarms of the desert locust by an additional…
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Iran Agriculture Ministry, FAO to Cooperate in Flood Management
EghtesadOnline: The Agriculture Ministry and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations signed a Technical Cooperation Program document on flood control and forecasting on Wednesday.
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FAO Helps Iran Upgrade Agro Monitoring Systems
EghtesadOnline: A recent report on the first phase of FAO project “Improve agriculture monitoring systems through satellite imagery for the Islamic Republic of Iran,” reveals how the introduction…
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FAO Alert: Desert Locusts Threaten Iran Crops
EghtesadOnline: Iran has been placed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in the group of countries where crops face the threat of desert locusts.
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FAO: World Food Supply Under Threat Due to Loss of Biodiversity
EghtesadOnline: A drop in global biodiversity is putting ability to produce food at risk, a new United Nations report warns.
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FAO Forecasts Iran’s Cereal Output to Rise 12% in 2018
EghtesadOnline: Despite autumn dryness, crop conditions recovered in Iran and the total cereal production for 2018 is forecast to stand at 20.1 million tons to register a 2.9% increase compared…
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FAO Surveys New Plant Breeding Approach in Iran
EghtesadOnline: An evolutionary, participatory plant breeding approach compatible with the Iranian environment has been successful in reducing vulnerabilities of small-scale farmers, improving…
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FAO: Iran 2nd Biggest Cereal Producer in Near East
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s total cereal production in 2017 is estimated to have reached 20.6 million tons, registering a 15.3% increase compared with 17.8 million tons in 2016, according to the latest…
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Head of FAO stresses development of cooperation with Iran
EghtesadOnline: Director General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Jose Graziano da Silva in a meeting with Minister of Agricultural Jahad Mahmoud Hojjati on Monday underlined…
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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…
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Iran, FAO to Kick-Start Joint Soybean Program
EghtesadOnline: Iran and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations will carry out their first joint program on soybean cultivation in the city of Safiabad in the southern Khuzestan…
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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…
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FAO: Iran to produce 25% more wheat this year
EghtesadOnline: UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced that Iran will produce 13.5m metric tons of wheat in 2017.
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FAO Will Help Improve Iran's Oilseed Production
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…
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FAO Introduces new tool to monitor forest diseases in Iran
EghtesadOnline: The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in collaboration with the Forest, Range and Watershed Organization of Iran conducted a five-day workshop to introduce…
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9th FAO's Codex meeting presided by Iran
EghtesadOnline: The 9th meeting of the coordinating committee of the Codex was held in Iran's Chamber at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nation office in Rome.
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Experts from FAO, five countries inspect afforestation plan in Regan
EghtesadOnline: Experts from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and five countries visited implementation process of JEF international project in the city of Regan, Kerman province.
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FAO: Water Availability in MENA region to face 50% decline by 2050
EghtesadOnline: FAO with collaboration of the Iran Chamber of Commerce held a two-day (29-30 April) international conference in Tehran to highlight the value of Virtual Water to address impacts…
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FAO offers new satellite tool to boost agricultural productivity
EghtesadOnline: Measuring how efficiently water is used in agriculture, particularly in water-scarce countries including Iran, is going high-tech with the help of a new tool developed by the…
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Abadan church bell tolls for Easter
EghtesadOnline: The sole church bell in southern city of Abadan rang on Sunday on the occasion of Easter festivity in the presence of Abadan citizens.
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FAO: Conflicts impose $16bn losses to Syrian agricultural sector
EghtesadOnline: In addition to the severe human suffering, war in Syria has imposed more than $16 billion of lost crop and livestock production and destroyed farming assets, the United Nations'…
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Conflicts cause 30m food insecure people in Near East, North Africa: FAO
EghtesadOnline: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has reported that food security and nutrition levels in the Near East and North Africa have sharply deteriorated…
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FAO assists Iran to improve aquatic genetic resources
EghtesdaOnline: FAO Representative to Iran Serge Nakouzi and Head of Iran Fisheries Organization Hassan Salehi on Wednesday signed a project agreement to improve genetic resources of Rainbow…
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FAO highlights impacts of climate change on food security
EghtesadOnline: The Representation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in the Islamic Republic of Iran observed the World Food Day 2016 at a commemoration ceremony…
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FAO joins UNHCR to improve livelihood of Afghan refugees in Iran
EghtesadOnline: The FAO Representative to Iran received a Note of Appreciation on Wednesday from his UNHCR counterpart welcoming the Organization as the latest partner to the Solutions Strategy…