Iranian farmers produce 2.9 million tons of rice in one year

2020-04-20 04:37:26

(MENAFN) As said by the Director-General of the Agriculture Ministry's Grains and Essential Goods Department Faramak Aziz-Karimi, during the past Iranian calendar year of 1398, Iranian farmers produced 2.9 million tons of rice.

Faramak Aziz-Karimi said that, the rise in the production came after the important rise in the rainfalls across Iran in the past spring.

The official added, "The average area under rice cultivation in Iran in the past three years was about 605,000 hectares, of which 70 percent is concentrated in Gilan and Mazandaran provinces".

Back in September last year, the Secretary of Iran Rice Association Jamil Alizadeh Shayeq had placed Iran's rice output at 2.6 million tons.

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