Iranian agriculture ministry (MAJ) expects a bumper olive harvest this year with a double increase in output that could boost export earnings for the country. Javad Mirarab Razi, who leads MAJs Olive Project, said on Sunday that Irans total olive output will reach nearly 200,000 metric tons (mt) this year, up from 100,000 reported in the harvesting ...

Financial Tribune - Olive production is estimated to reach 120,000 tons in the current fiscal year (started March 21) to register a 20% increase compared with last year's output, the executive manager of the Agriculture Ministrys "Olive Project" said. Rahmatollah Parichehr added that olive oil production is expected to stand at 8,000 tons, registering ...

MNA Executive of Olive Project at the Ministry of Agriculture Seyed Rahmatollah Parichehr said that olive oil production volume has increased more than 30 percent in current year (started March 21, 2017). Statistics showed that 7,100 tons of olive oil was produced in the country, the rate of which stood at about 5,300 tons in the past year (ended ...