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 ...

Orchard productivity has risen to 6.7 tons per hectare in 2013 from 5.73 tons in 2005. Agriculture is one of the most important economic sectors of the country. Iran, in light of its diverse climatic conditions, has strong potentials for producing warm, semi-warm and cold weather horticultural products. For instance, area under pistachio cultivation ...