agriculture

Iran’s wheat output to rise 44% to 13m tons in 2022: FAO

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has forecast Iran’s wheat production to increase to 13 million tons in 2022 from an estimated 9 million tons in 2021, which will mark a 44% rise.

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Iran ranked 43rd among world top food importers: FAO

Although Iran is the 17th most populous world country, the latest statistics released by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) suggests that the country ranked 43rd among world top food importers in 2020.

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Iran to host forum on exports of agricultural products within weeks

A forum on exports of Agricultural products, and the related services is to be held in Tehran on June 16.

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Iran pistachio exports down 33% in fiscal 2021-22

Iranian customs office (IRICA) figures show pistachio exports from the country declined by nearly a third in the calendar year to March 20.

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Iran not to ban exports of agricultural products

Iran has not ordered the border customs to ban the exports of four agricultural products, according to the spokesman of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) Ruhollah Latifi.

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War hampering Iranian overseas farming in Ukraine

The war in Ukraine has troubled Iran’s overseas farming in the east European country, according to the Chairman of Iran’s National Union for Agricultural Products.

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5.7 million hectares under wheat cultivation in Iran

More than 5.7 million hectares of farmland have gone under wheat cultivation so far this year, which is 5% less than last year’s area, according to the Agriculture Ministry.

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Iran’s industrial chicken farms’ PPI hit 69% YOY

The average Producer Price Index for industrial chicken farms in the four quarters ending Dec. 21, which marks the end of Q3 fiscal 2021-22, increased by 69% compared with the similar period of the year before.

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Iran becomes largest supplier of kiwi fruit to Ukraine in 2021

A report by East Fruit on January 29 said that Iran accounted for 40% of Ukraine’s kiwi fruit imports to become the largest supplier of this fruit to the East European country.

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Iran’s agrifood exports exceed $3.8 billion in 9 months

Iran exported 6.263 million tons of agricultural and foodstuff products worth $3.878 billion in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-December 21, 2021), Deputy Agriculture Minister Mohammad Ghorbani said.

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