Iran’s wheat production is expected to reach 13.5 million tons in the current crop year (September 2023-2024), an official with the Agriculture Ministry said.
According to Sohrab Sohrabi, the manager of the Agriculture Ministry’s Wheat Project, the government purchased 10.4 million tons of wheat from farmers in the previous year, while the figure is expected to reach 10.5 million tons in the current year.
Putting the country’s annual need for wheat at 12 million tons, the official said considering the current trend of production, Iran will become self-sufficient in wheat production over the next few years.
Considered a staple in Iran, wheat is purchased every crop year by the government to build up its reserves and supply the market over time.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in a recent report said Iran produced more than 21 million tons of grain in the 2023 Crop Year to hold the fourth largest grain reserves in Asia.