Abbas Papizadeh, member of Iranian Parliament Committee on Agriculture, in an interview with Tasnim News talked about a clause in governments Sixth Development Plan on commercializing GM crops and stated: GM crops are a risk for peoples health and we had a long discussion about whether we must allow production of these crops or not while we were studying ...

Food trade was a key topic discussed at the Irish-Iranian business dinner for 30 senior executives in the Merrion Hotel, Dublin. Keynote speaker, HE Javad Kachoueian, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran, highlighted the range of business opportunities available for Irish companies in Iran. Mr Kachoueian stated: The lifting of the international ...

ILNA: Iran has imported some $12 billion worth of staple food in the past 18 months, head of the Imports Commission of the Iran Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Majid Reza Hariri said. "The countrys raw material imports have dropped by 30 per cent in the first eight months of the current year," he said, adding that the countrys manufactured products ...