Agriculture
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Iran reports $3 billion in horticultural exports to over 100 countries
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Mohammad Mehdi Boroumandi, announced that horticultural products account for nearly half of the country's agricultural export revenue, generating approximately $3 billion annually from exports to over 100 countries.
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Iran, Uzbekistan express readiness to enhance cooperation in agriculture
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Minister of Agriculture Gholamreza Nouri Ghezeljeh has highlighted the Islamic Republic’s capabilities in providing Uzbekistan with engineering services, training, and research in the fields of livestock breeding and drip irrigation.
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Iran to halt wheat imports this calendar year amid bumper crop: Minister
Semnan, IRNA - Iran’s Agriculture Minister Gholamreza Nouri Ghezeljeh said that the country is to halt imports of wheat in the current Iranian calendar year.
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Iran’s seven-month agricultural exports surge 28%
Tehran, IRNA – The value of Iran’s agricultural exports rose by 28% in the first seven months of the current calendar year (March 20 – October 21), reaching $2.2 billion, according to the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration.
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Iranian minister: Agriculture serves as great potential for cooperation with Tanzania
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Agriculture Minister Gholamreza Nouri Ghezeljeh has said that the agriculture sector serves as great potential for cooperation between the Islamic Republic and Tanzania.
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Iran, Zanzibar stress developing bilateral ties
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Minister of Agricultural Jihad Gholamreza Nouri Qezaljeh and President of Zanzibar Hussein Mwinyi have emphasized the importance of following up on cooperation documents and transferring Iran's capabilities and called for the development of relations between their countries.
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Iran joins FAO's Global Soil Doctors Programme
Tehran, IRNA – Iran has joined and begun cooperating with FAO's Global Soil Doctors Programme, according to a senior official with the country’s Ministry of Agricultural Jihad.
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Iran’s domestic wheat purchase at over 5.6 million tons since April
Tehran, IRNA – Iran has purchased some 5.6 million tons of wheat worth over $1.647 billion from domestic producers since April in carrying out a national plan which guarantees the purchase of domestic production of the crop, according to a senior official with the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad (MAJ).
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Iran ready to cooperate with BRICS members on agricultural sector: Official
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture Alireza Mohajer has voiced his country’s readiness to cooperate with BRICS member countries on agricultural sector.
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Iranian delegation attends BRICS agriculture ministers meeting
Tehran, IRNA – The 14th Meeting of the BRICS Ministers of Agriculture has been held in Moscow with the Iranian delegation in attendance.
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Iran’s domestic wheat purchase at over $1.3bn since April
Tehran, IRNA – Iran has purchased some 4.4 million tons of wheat at the worth of over $1.3 billion from domestic producers since April in carrying out a national plan which guarantees the purchase of domestic production of the crop.
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Iran agriculture minister unveils homegrown sprayer drone
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Minister of Agriculture Jihad, Mohammad Ali Nikbakht, has unveiled a domestic sprayer drone named “Captain Bee” during the Abadiran exhibition in Tehran.
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Iran’s agricultural export up $1 billion in one year
Karaj, IRNA – Iran has produced $1 billion more agricultural products over the past calendar year to late March than that produced a year earlier, according to Minister of Agriculture Mohammad-Ali Nikbakht.
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Iran, China sign MoU on agricultural ties
Tehran, IRNA – Iran and China have recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance agricultural cooperation.
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Iran calls for expansion of trade, agricultural ties with Sri Lanka
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Agriculture Minister Mohammad-Ali Nikbakht has stressed the need to further expand cooperation with Sri Lanka in the fields of trade and agriculture.
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Iran’s annual exports of agricultural products exceeds $6.2 billion
Tehran, IRNA – More than $6.2 billion worth of agricultural products have been exported from Iran during last calendar Iranian year to late March, an official said, citing customs data.
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Iran ready to further strengthen agriculture ties with Pakistan: Envoy
Islamabad, IRNA – Iran's Ambassador to Pakistan announced Tehran's readiness to further strengthen agriculture ties with Islamabad, in exporting urea, chemical fertilizers and agricultural machinery fields.
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Malaysia says ready to promote agricultural ties with Iran
Tehran, IRNA – Malaysian Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu, has announced his country's readiness to promote agricultural ties with Iran.
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Iran, India hold first joint committee on agriculture
Tehran, IRNA -- Iran and India have kicked off a joint agricultural committee to facilitate exports of agricultural products and address issues such as quarantine requirements and customs barriers.
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Iran, Russia sign long-term grain supply agreement
Moscow, IRNA – Iran and Russia have signed a long-term agreement for supply of grains from Russia to Iran.
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Export of Iran’s certain agricultural products to Russia up 500% y/y
Moscow, IRNA – Sergei Dankvert, the head of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance of Russia, has said that his country’s import of certain agricultural products from Iran such as oranges, bell peppers, and lettuce increased by 500% in 2023 compared to the previous year.
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Iran increasing support for cotton growers to reach self-sufficiency
Tehran, IRNA – Chief contractor for Iran's ministry of agriculture's Cotton Project Ebrahim Hezarjaribi says that efforts are underway to reach self-sufficiency in the production of cotton through increased support for farmers.
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Israeli regime plans to bring in foreign workers in another move against Palestinians
Tehran, IRNA – The Israeli regime is working on a plan that would permanently replace all Palestinian workers from the occupied West Bank with foreign laborers in 2024, Israeli media have reported.
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Iran among world’s 10 largest suppliers for 20 agricultural products
Tehran, IRNA – Iran has been ranked 1st to 10th in producing 20 different agricultural items, according to a person with the knowledge of the matter.
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Iranian minister stresses increased agricultural cooperation with Cuba
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Minister of Agriculture Mohammad Ali Nikbakht has urged the need for more enhanced agricultural cooperation between Iran and Cuba which he said would benefit the interests of both countries.
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Iran to attend AgroExpo Uzbekistan
Tehran, IRNA - Iranian knowledge-based companies are to participate in the International exhibition for agricultural machinery, horticulture, plant production, and animal husbandry in Uzbekistan.