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Iran’s dryland crop yield at 8m tons: Official
Faramak Aziz Karimi, who leads the ministry’s office for grains and staple crops, said that the increase in dryland crop yield in Iran has been a result of better planning and increased precipitation, reported Press TV.
Aziz Karimi noted that forage crop produced in dryland farms in Iran had reached an all-time high of 0.24 million mt, a figure he described as a major success for the country’s agriculture sector.
He said Iranian dryland farmers had produced some 6 million mt of wheat, 1.2 million mt of barley, 0.34 million mt of legumes and more than 0.1 million mt of oil seeds and medicinal herbs this year.
Iran relies on dryland farming for a significant part of its wheat production.
Latest government figures show total wheat purchases from domestic farmers in Iran had reached over 11.5 million mt in the harvesting season that is nearing its end.
The country has seen a significant increase in its agriculture output and exports in recent years amid efforts by the government to diversify the economy away from oil revenues.
Agriculture output in Iran rose by nearly 20% in the calendar year to March to reach more than 130 million mt.
The Iranian customs office said earlier this week that the country had exported some $1.453 billion worth of agricultural products in the five months to August 21, up by 33% from the same period last year.