Iran: About 800,000 tonnes of red and white apples are left in cold storage and only 20% are sold

According to ISNA, Hojjatoleslam Seyed Salman Zakir in a public session of the Islamic Consultative Assembly today (Tuesday) asked the Minister of Jihad about the reason for the lack of necessary support for the agricultural sector in the field of irrigation of agricultural products, house gardens, guaranteed purchase price of agricultural products Asked to pay attention to the export of agricultural products, especially apples. Explaining his question, Zakir said: "West Azerbaijan is the center of agriculture and almost 40% of the province is directly involved in agriculture." More than 7 million tons of various products are produced every year in this province, and we are a leader in the production of apples, sugar beets, honey, grapes and other products compared to other provinces. Four million tons of apples are bought in the country, of which 1.2 million tons are produced by farmers in West Azerbaijan. Of these, about 400,000 tons are related to under-tree and industrial ...