Financial Tribune - The number of Iran's export markets for its agricultural products is shrinking by the day, Agriculture Ministrys caretaker, Abbas Keshavarz, has warned. "We have already lost the European markets and only Afghanistan, Iraq and Azerbaijan are currently the main customers of Irans agro products," he was quoted as saying by IRNA....

Tehran TimesIrans total agriculture production in various sectors including horticulture, livestock, poultry and aquaculture reached 122 million tons in the past Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20, 2019), a 3.3 percent rise compared to the figure for March 2013. As reported by IRNA, the countrys total agricultural production stood at 97 million ...

IRNA Iran has produced some 14.5 million tons of wheat in the current agricultural year which is more than its domestic needs, Deputy Minister of Agricultural Jihad Abbas Keshavarz said on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a ceremony in the central city of Khomein, Keshavarz said that with this amount of production, there will ...

IFP - An official at Irans agriculture ministry says the production of sugar in the country has been increased, and the Islamic Republic has managed to save $540 million this year by decreasing sugar imports. The remarks were made by Deputy Agriculture Minister Abbas Keshavarz. He says sugar production in 2017 was more than two million tonnes,...

Financial Tribune- About 13.5 million tons of wheat are estimated to be produced in the country during the current Iranian year (started March 21), the deputy agriculture minister for agronomical affairs said. The government is estimated to purchase about 10.4 million tons of the total output from local farmers across the country, Abbas Keshavarz ...

Domestic rice production is estimated to exceed 2.1 million tons in the current fiscal year that ends in March 2017, indicating 8% increase compared to last year, according to deputy minister of agriculture Abbas Keshavarz. Genetically modified rice is neither produced in Iran nor imported into the country, he was quoted by Mehr News Agency as saying....

Deputy Agriculture Minister Abbas Keshavarz has confirmed reports that shipments of exported watermelons have been sent back from Arab countries, but has refuted claims that the Iranian produce is unhealthy. He said, Some Arab countries are acting in an unfriendly way in dealing with Iran and that can leave an impact on bilateral trade. For instance,...

Tehran, Oct 14, IRNA A senior Iranian official rejected a report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on reduced amount of Iran's wheat production. Talking to IRNA on Wednesday, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Jihad Abbas Keshavarz said Iran's total wheat output during the past farming year not only has not experienced ...

Semnan, Oct 11, IRNA Abbas Keshavarz, Cultivation Deputy at Agriculture Jihad Ministry, says wheat production has increased by 10% in the current crop year. He told reporters that this year wheat production was estimated at 10.2 million tons of which 6.5 to 7 million tons were expected to be purchased, adding that the projection was realized. Keshavarz ...

Tehran, July 12, IRNA Iran has plans to slash reliance on imported wheat over the next four years, Deputy Agricultural Jihad Minister Abbas Keshavarz said on Saturday. It is estimated that by the end of term of the current government, the country will be importing only five to 10 percent of its needs for wheat, Keshavarz said. He put Iran?s annual ...