Drought leads to record drop in pistachio exports from Iran
Pistachio Kernel
Iran
Published Mar 11, 2023
Tridge summary
Climate change has caused severe drought in Iran. 85% of the country's territory is considered "arid" or "semi-arid" zone. This led to a drop in the production and export of pistachios. According to the ICC (Iranian Chamber of Cooperatives), the country exported just over 46,000 tons of pistachios in the first 10 months (March 21, 2022 - January 20, 2023) of the current Iranian calendar year.
This volume is very low compared to 135,322 tons exported for the entire Iranian year 2021-22. Earlier, in the period 2020/2021, about 203,637 tons of nuts were sold.
The decline in exports is the result of the effects of climate change, which lead to severe droughts and affect pistachio production.
Original content
Climate change has caused severe drought in Iran. 85% of the country's territory is considered "arid" or "semi-arid" zone. This led to a drop in the production and export of pistachios. According to the ICC (Iranian Chamber of Cooperatives), the country exported just over 46,000 tons of pistachios in the first 10 months (March 21, 2022 - January 20, 2023) of the current Iranian calendar year. This volume is very low compared to 135,322 tons exported for the entire Iranian year 2021-22. Earlier, in the period 2020/2021, about 203,637 tons of ...
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