Iran, major pomegranate producer and exporter
LONDON, April 4 (IranMania) - Covering some 60,000 hectares of lands and producing around 670, 000 tons of pomegranate, Iran is the largest producer and exporter of the fruit in the world, a news report said.
Different varieties of the fruit is produced almost in all parts of the country i.e. in the valleys, hillsides or steps and is grown in the form of dry farming in the plains or in the large irrigated orchards.
However, Fars Province, enjoying 13,000 hectares of the lands under cultivation produces about 155,000 tons of pomegranates - over 21 percent of Iran’s pomegranates produce per annum - and ranks the first and largest producer of the commodity in the country. Also, the pomegranate produced in the province is highly demanded by its foreign customers.
Recent trends in the exports of the commodity are indicative of the fact that Iran’s pomegranate export has steadily increased year by year. According to the figures, over 150,000 tons of the produce was exported to different European countries and to markets in Russia, Ukraine, Arab countries as well as the Central Asian countries.Like many other agricultural products, the export of Iran’s pomegranate is facing numerous hindrances most important of which are the lack of a decent transportation system, producers and exporters’ inadequate knowledge in the field which prevents them from being familiar with the recent scientific and modern methods and procedures in farming and marketing issues. Moreover, the overwhelming unnecessary bureaucracy is said to be another major hampering obstacle in the way of the export of the commodity.
http://www.iranmania.com
Different varieties of the fruit is produced almost in all parts of the country i.e. in the valleys, hillsides or steps and is grown in the form of dry farming in the plains or in the large irrigated orchards.
However, Fars Province, enjoying 13,000 hectares of the lands under cultivation produces about 155,000 tons of pomegranates - over 21 percent of Iran’s pomegranates produce per annum - and ranks the first and largest producer of the commodity in the country. Also, the pomegranate produced in the province is highly demanded by its foreign customers.
Recent trends in the exports of the commodity are indicative of the fact that Iran’s pomegranate export has steadily increased year by year. According to the figures, over 150,000 tons of the produce was exported to different European countries and to markets in Russia, Ukraine, Arab countries as well as the Central Asian countries.Like many other agricultural products, the export of Iran’s pomegranate is facing numerous hindrances most important of which are the lack of a decent transportation system, producers and exporters’ inadequate knowledge in the field which prevents them from being familiar with the recent scientific and modern methods and procedures in farming and marketing issues. Moreover, the overwhelming unnecessary bureaucracy is said to be another major hampering obstacle in the way of the export of the commodity.
http://www.iranmania.com
jagger - 5. Apr, 16:30
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