Incentives for building brands in Saffron Market
Ministry of Agriculture of Iran plans to assign incentives to the producers who build a brand in Saffron exportation. The total budget for such incentive is said to be 1% of the total value of […]
Ministry of Agriculture of Iran plans to assign incentives to the producers who build a brand in Saffron exportation. The total budget for such incentive is said to be 1% of the total value of […]
Iran is 17th largest producer of flowers globally. However, with lack of proper infrastructure, 40 percent of production is annually wasted, according to Gholam-Ali Ebrahimi, the Head of Flower Producer Association of Iran. According to […]
While Iran was importing up to 30 million kilogram of Orthodox Indian tea in a year, the import within the first quarter of 2019, has already passed 27 million kilograms. The main reason for the […]
Iran lifts visa requirements for Chinese tourists in order to attract more visitors to the country. While Chinese outbound trips reached 135 million in 2016, Iran’s share from Chinese tourists is barely 0.05 percent. In […]
Finally, the Ministry of Agriculture bans all provinces, except Gilan and Mazandaran, from cultivating rice. Cultivation of rice needs lots of water and apart from the two provinces in the north, i.e. Gilan and Mazandaran […]
Reaching the 40th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, several organizations in Iran report their achievements within this period. So does the West Azerbaijan Office of the Ministry of Agriculture. The north-western province of Iran provides […]
There are nearly 120,000 ostriches farmed in Iran according to the Ministry of Agriculture. With annual production of 3000 tones, Iran ranks world’s second largest ostrich meat producer after South Africa. “Since we are facing […]
The export of shrimps since March 2018 until now, has reached 24,000 tones and is expected to top at 30,000 tones by the end of the Iranian fiscal year, i.e. March 2019. Nearly 2.5 times […]
25 percent of Iranian red meat is produced by nomads, says the Agricultural Ministry. Iranian nomads, coming from various tribes, mainly live in western and southwestern areas. According to the Ministry, these people annually send […]
Sugar beet production is expected to drop for the next year, as less farmers are interested to cultivate this product. In 2016, sugar was categorized as “strategic goods” and therefore the government planned to reach […]
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