Iran: Honey production up 11% in North Khorasan province

Published 2023년 3월 11일

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North Khorasan province in Iran has seen an 11% increase in honey production in the first 11 months of the current Iranian calendar year, producing a total of 3,179 tons. The province is home to 2.4% of the country's apiaries, ranking Iran third globally in terms of apiary numbers. The Animal Science Research Institute in Iran is working towards increasing honey production by 3-4 kilograms per colony, as per the Seventh National Development Plan. Currently, Iran has approximately 11.8 million bee colonies, with about 87,932 people involved in apiary activities, and the production includes various bee products, with a significant 10% being exported.

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TEHRAN- The production of honey in North Khorasan province, in the northeast of Iran, rose 11 percent in the first 11 months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2022-February 19, 2023), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, a provincial official announced.Alireza Sadeq, the director of poultry affairs of the province’s Agriculture Department, said that 3,179 tons of honey were produced from the bee colonies of the province in 11 months of this year.“According to statistics, we have 2,282 apiaries in the province, which is 2.4 percent of the total number of apiaries in the country”, the official stated.As stated by the chairman of the Animal Science Research Institute of Iran (ASRI), 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 fourth and sixth place in the world.Based on the data released by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ...

Source: Tehrantimes