Considering an anticipated rise in domestic rice production and last year reserves, Iran will need no more rice imports in the current calendar year to March 2025, according to a senior official with the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad (MAJ).
The value of Iran’s potato exports reached $52 million during the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year.
Iran Chamber of Commerce has urged the implementation of a 10-year water austerity plan to better manage the country’s water resources.
Iran’s Ministry of Agriculture announced a significant increase in crop yields from dryland farming, reaching 8 million metric tons (mt) this year.
A report by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) said the country’s pistachios exports in the five calendar months to late August registered a major growth compared to the same period last year.
Iran’s customs office (IRICA) figures show the country’s agriculture exports rose significantly in the five months to late August compared to the same period last year.
Wheat production has risen by up to 100% in some Iranian provinces thanks to bumper harvest and price incentives offered to farmers.
The chairman of the National Date Association of Iran said that Iran, after Egypt, is the second largest producer of dates in the world, and stands in the first rank in terms of variety of dates.
Iran has managed to increase its agricultural output by nearly a fifth in a year amid growing efforts to cut back on imports of basic goods and to increase the added value in the country’s agriculture sector, according to Minister of Agricultural Jihad.
In line with efforts to increase Iranian wheat output over the past few years, the country has plans to give a further rise to its rain-fed wheat production within the next 3 years, according to deputy minister of agricultural jihad.