Iran: Honey production planned to grow 4%

TEHRAN- According to the strategic document that was compiled and unveiled in the Iranian calendar year 1397 (March 2018-March 2019), honey production in the country is planned to increase by four percent each year, the head of the bee research department of Animal Science Research Institute of Iran (ASRI) has stated.Naser Taj-Abadi said: “It should be noted that this document has considered 15 percent growth in the production of some products of the beekeeping industry, such as royal jelly and propolis”.As previously stated by the ASRI chairman, Iran ranks third in the world in the number of apiaries.Mokhtar Mohajer also said that Iran's rank in honey production is changing and moving between the fourth and sixth place in the world.Based on the data released by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Iran is the third-largest producer of honey in the world.The chairman of the Animal Science Research Institute has said that the amount of honey production in the ...