Iran: Cold spell inflicts damage worth $450m on Kerman pistachio farms

게시됨 2022년 4월 20일

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Cold weather damage has cost Iran's Kerman Province 130 trillion rials ($456 million) and resulted in a expected decline of 65,000 tons in pistachio production this year, according to the Kerman Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture. The extreme cold has also caused an additional 270 trillion rials ($944 million) in damage to orchards across 12 provinces in Iran. The agriculture sector is also facing threats from water shortage, with a report warning of an imminent drought that could further hamper economic growth. Since the beginning of the last crop year, drought has caused 670 trillion rials ($2.4 billion) in losses to Iran's agriculture sector.

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EghtesadOnline: Cold weather in spring has inflicted 130 trillion rials ($456 million) in damage to pistachio orchards in Kerman Province, says the chairman of Kerman Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture. “This is only our preliminary estimate on direct damage to orchards. If we take the entire pistachio production chain into account, the losses will have to be multiplied,” Mehdi Tabibzadeh was quoted as saying by the news portal of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Otaghiranonline.ir.Mohammad Reza Mousavi Torabi, the head of the Agriculture Commission of Kerman Chamber of Commerce, says around 180,000 hectares of pistachio orchards were hit by the cold after the start of the current Iranian year (March 21), with three-fifths of them experiencing more than 50% damage.He added that pistachio production this year is expected to decline by 65,000 tons and the quality of the remaining yield will certainly drop.Kerman’s Governor General Ali Zeynivand says preliminary ...

출처: Eghtesadonline.com