Agriculture

Breading silkworm in order to produce silk, which is called Noqan-dari in Iran, has a long history in the country's north-western region.

Photos by Alireza Mohammadi, ISNA

A bee yard that Iranian old lady Fatemeh Mostafavi had inherited from her father has become a source of livelihood and a family business for her, helping her find foreign customers for the high-quality honey.

Each year when spring rolls around, rice farmers in Mazandaran province, northern Iran, start preparing the paddy fields for transplantation.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the country’s success in tackling the coronavirus epidemic and dealing with the “virus of US sanctions” shows that Americans will never be able to bring the Iranian nation to its knees and will have to remain in despair over their wrong approaches.

The heavy rainfalls of the past two months in Iran have resulted in the formation of about 50 new lakes that did not exist before.

Many farmers in Golestan province, northern Iran, are harvesting their echium crops these days.

Almost 95 percent of the world's saffron is produced in Iran, while many people think the saffron is produced in Spain. But which one has a higher quality: Iran’s saffron, Spain’s saffron or those of other countries?

Caretaker of the Iranian Ministry of Agriculture says a rise in the domestic production of sugar has helped the government save nearly $1 billion in imports from abroad over the past seven years.

An Iran-made biological fertiliser has been used to save cocoa tree crops in Ivory Coast from a deadly disease.

Farmers in various parts of Iran have started harvesting saffron with the arrival of autumn, the annual time for harvesting the “red gold”.

In many Zoroastrian-majority villages of Iran, including those in Roodbar, Qazvin, Gilan, Kurdistan, and Isfahan, people celebrate the arrival of autumn and its mythical fruit with festivities such as the pomegranate harvest celebration.

Local farmers in the town of Shahreza in Isfahan province, central Iran, have started harvesting pomegranate.

An Iranian knowledge-based company has produced a recombinant antiviral drug that will prevent the death of an important species of salmon.

Iranian Minister of Agriculture Mahmoud Hojjati says the value of the country’s farm products has reached $80 billion, unveiling plans for the promotion of processing industries in the country.

7,000 farmers in four different villages of East Azarbaijan province have taken part in a project of revitalising Lake Urmia, where they are made familiar with the principles of sustainable agriculture.

The prime minister of Kazakhstan and the minister of agriculture of Iran have called for the development of agricultural cooperation between Tehran and Nur-Sultan.

The 12th International Bread, Flour and Grain Industry Exhibition has kicked off in the Iranian capital, Tehran.

Farmers in southern and central provinces of Iran have started harvesting dates from palm tree farms.

Saffron also known as “red gold” or the “king of the world’s spices” has numerous and miraculous properties.

Famers in the northern Iranian province of Golestan have begun to cultivate Quinoa, a healthy plant whose glutton-free seeds are rich in protein, dietary fiber, B vitamins, and dietary minerals in amounts greater than in many grains. .

In the northern village of Yanesar in Behshahr county, Mazandaran province, the wheat is still cut in the traditional way using sickles.

Who says that plants don't survive in humid environment? Whether you have a green thumb or not, you must have experienced the positive effects of house greens on the ambiance and aura of the space.

Iran’s University of Urmia and a Kazakh company have signed a contract to transfer the technical knowledge of processing of Artemia cysts from Iran to Kazakhstan.

Every year in April, farmers of Mazandaran province in northern Iran start preparing their rice fields for transplantation of the seedlings.