Press TV - The Iranian parliament has voted to support a long-serving civil servant to become the countrys new agriculture minister amid government efforts to boost output and exports of various farming products.
Kazem Khavazi gained the parliaments vote of confidence on Wednesday with 196 lawmakers voting in his favor. Some 15 lawmakers voted against ...
Tasnim Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accepted the resignation of Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati, who was going to be impeached by the Parliament.
In a letter on Monday, Rouhani accepted Hojjatis resignation and appointed the controversial minister as the presidents adviser for agricultural affairs and food security.
The president said ...
Press TV - Irans minister of agriculture says a 40-percent tariff on export of chicken should be removed as farmers face an oversupply that has depressed the prices in the local market.
Mahmoud Hojjati wrote a letter to Irans minister of commerce on Sunday, urging him to lift a tariff on chicken exports that he said had been imposed in late August ...
Press TV - Irans minister of agriculture has said that Chinese trawlers have been operating in the Sea of Oman under the Iranian flag and no direct permission has been issued for them to fish in the region.
Mahmoud Hojjati said on Tuesday that Iran had not issued any permission for the Chinese trawlers to fish in the Sea of Oman, insisting that ...
Press TV - Minister of Agriculture Mahmoud Hojjati says Iran has to import some shipments of wheat this year because state purchases from local farmers at guaranteed prices are not enough.
Although wheat production increased this year, we were not able to buy enough wheat at guaranteed prices, the minister said Tuesday.
Many local wheat growers ...
Press TV - Irans minister of agriculture says the country has significantly boosted its output of rapeseed, also known as canola, to respond to a growing domestic demand and to reduce imports that have been affected by American sanctions.
The cultivation area for rapeseed was 40,000 tons in recent years but we managed to bring the output of this ...
MNA Iranian Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati visited some successful agricultural projects in Chinas Qingdao.
The projects included two fish farming ones and a research one of farming rice.
Hojjati also met with Meng Fanli, mayor of Qingdao, where the two sides discussed expansion of mutual cooperation.
IRNA Iran's Minister of Agriculture-Jihad Mahmoud Hojjati said on Thursday that Iran will expand research and scientific cooperation with China.
Hojjati made the remarks Thursday in an interview with IRNA in China.
The Iranian agriculture minister arrived in Beijing late on Tuesday (July 23) for a four-day visit aiming to enhance economic relations ...
Financial Tribune - Rehabilitation of qanats should be put on the agenda and the issue, unlike in the past, has drawn the attention of the Energy Ministry, the agriculture minister said Tuesday.
The government is paying special attention to watershed management and we must solve problems in the key agricultural sector, ISNA quoted Mahmoud Hojjati ...
Tehran Times - Iranian Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati said the country is expected to experience a significant increase in agricultural production due to sufficient rainfalls this year (March 2019-March 2020), Tasnim reported on Saturday.
Mentioning the recent heavy rainfalls across the country, the official noted that this year we are having ...
MNA Minister of Agriculture Mahmoud Hojjati revealed the provision of food security in sanctions period.
He made the remarks on Saturday in his meeting with deputies and executives of the ministry and emphasized on full provision of food security of the country in sanction s period.
Considering the current situation and restrictions imposed ...
Financial Tribune - Around $80 billion worth of agricultural products are produced in Iran every year, $75 billion of which are consumed inside the country, the agriculture minister said.
Iran currently meets 85% of its demand for agricultural products domestically and the rest is procured through imports, Mahmoud Hojjati was also quoted as saying ...
MNA Irans Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati says the recent heavy rainfalls and flash floods sweeping across much of the provinces are estimated to have so far caused about 130 trillion rials ($3.01 billion) to the countrys agricultural sector.
Addressing the Parliaments open session on Sunday, Hojjati noted that the southern Khuzestan province ...
IRNA Production and hunting of aquatic animals has grown forty times in the past forty years, Minister of Agriculture Mahmoud Hojjati said.
Speaking in a local ceremony in the city of Poldokhtar, in western province of Lorestan, Hojjati noted that 'Right after the revolution our production was just 30,000 tons but now the figure has risen to 1....
IRNA - Irans aquatic products have a seen a rise of 40% during past four decades, the countrys agriculture minister says.
At the beginning of the Revolution, Iran produced 32,000 tons of aquatic products. Over the last 40 years, this production rose to 1.2 million tons showing a 40 percent rise, said Mahmoud Hojjati, Irans Agricultural Jihad Minister ...
ISNA | Amir Kholousi: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani held meeting with Mahmoud Hojjati, the Minister of Agriculture Jihad, and senior managers of the ministry in the capital Tehran on Monday.
President.ir - President stressed maintaining peoples purchasing power and the efficiency of agricultural products and said, Dear farmers, ranchers and gardeners contribute to our security and the government is responsible to provide security for their work.
Speaking in a meeting with the Minister of Agriculture Jihad and senior managers of the ...
MNA Minister of Agriculture Mahmoud Hojjati said that Islamic Republic of Iran is among top 10 egg and chicken producers in the world.
Speaking on the occasion of National Veterinary Day, he pointed to the key role of veterinarians in the country and said, boosting health of society is the main task of veterinarians who are shouldering the great ...
IFP - Iran and Turkey have signed two agreements on promotion of mutual cooperation in veterinary and one on the development of beekeeping industry.
The agreements were signed by Irans Deputy Minister of Agriculture Mohammad Ali Tahmasebi and Advisor to Turkeys Minister of Agriculture and Forest.
The two officials signed the deals during ...
MNA Iranian Minister of Agriculture Mahmoud Hojjati said on Monday that domestic agricultural products have increased by 25 percent during last five years.
Touching on the growth of agricultural productions, he highlighted that this increase is the result of improving efficiency of planting and irrigation methods.
Hojjati made the ...
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