2.6m tons of rice output in Iran will meet 85% of demand
Rice
Iran
Published Dec 15, 2020
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EghtesadOnline: Atotal of 2.6 million tons of rice have been produced on more than 800,000 hectares of paddy fields across the country this year, showing a 10.34% decline compared with last year’s output, according to the Agriculture Ministry’s director general of Grains and Essential Goods Affairs Department.
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“Last year, due to high precipitation levels and favorable weather, more than 835,000 hectares went under rice cultivation, yielding close to 2.9 million tons of the grain,” Faramak Aziz-Karimi was also quoted as saying by IRNA.He added that 4 million tons of rice bran were produced this year.According to the official, annual domestic demand for rice currently stands at 3 million tons and this year 85% of this demand have been met by local farmers.The difference between domestic production and demand is imported from Pakistan, Thailand, India, the UAE, Turkey and Iraq.The official noted that 73% of rice cultivation took place in the three northern provinces of Gilan (32%), Mazandaran (26%) and Golestan (15%), and 18% in the southern province of Khuzestan, adding that the staple grain was cultivated in 15 other provinces.Based on the latest figures released by the Agronomical Affairs Department of the Agriculture Ministry, land under rice cultivation in Gilan, Mazandaran, Khuzestan ...
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