wheat harvest begins in Dezful
DEZFUL, Khuzestan Province – Wheat harvest season began here Monday.
Several combines are used for harvesting wheat in a total area of 51,500 hectares of farmlands in the southern city. In the past two months, floods and storms have caused a 30-40 percent loss to some 1800 hectares of wheat farms in Dezful. The Agricultural Jihad Office of the city is expected to buy over 150,000 tons of wheat, including seeds and ripe wheat, from farmers by the end of the year.
National plan for forest conservation to be implemented in southern Iran
TEHRAN – An official in the Forest and Range Organization said Friday that a national plan will be implemented this year to preserve forests in three southern provinces.
The project, which is to obtain a Rls.15-billion credit, will cover forests of Hormozgan, Bushehr and Sistan-Baluchestan. “These forest areas are located in dry environments,” Yusefi Azar stated, adding that, once green and dense, these forests have had great impacts on conserving the ecosystems in the hot-and-dry parts of the country. “We have also planned to provide an all-embracing map of these southern forests.” Acacia is one of the most common trees in the tropical forests of southern Iran.
Farms, gardens of Semnan blown off by frost
SEMNAN – Spring cold caused Rls.360 billion loss to the farms and gardens in Semnan Province.
Gardens incurred 19.28 billion rials of loss while it reached 68 billion rials on the farmlands of the mid-eastern province. The temperature drooped to 10 degrees below zero Celsius in the early days of the current Iranian year (started March 21, 2005). The loss to apricot trees was reported to be the hugest amount (Rls.132 billion). Thus, the Agricultural Jihad Organization in Semnan is expected to insure more farmlands this year. Last year, farmers paid off Rls.4.36 billion for farm insurance and received Rls.19.89 billion as compensation for damage (This included cattle farmers, too).
Iran shares almost nothing in world trade of processed stone
TEHRAN – Iran’s share in the world trade of processed stone equals nothing, said a member of the board of directors of Stone Association.
“The price of Iranian marble is relatively high nonetheless,” said Zanganeh a Board member of the Association. Iran exports a good amount of minerals each year, he said, adding that, however, processed stone does not account for a big proportion of the value of these exports. Iran’s travertine and marble are fairly expensive in the global markets, he implied, stressing that a greater share will be obtained only if the processing industry is developed in the country. “The government, for instance, should provide rial subsidies for the stone and minerals processing industry.”
Iran imports 75% of domestic demands for electronic hardware
TEHRAN – Iran has to import about 75 percent of its need for electronic hardware, said an electronics official in the Ministry of Industries and Mines.
“The global electronics markets are developing into intensely competitive environments,” Sadeq Sayyad implied. He puts the world’s per capita usage of electronics equipments (user fees) at 500 dollars, calculating a total of 35 billion dollars for the whole population of Iran. “We need one million monitors each year of which about 250,000 ones should be imported.”
Bank Refah joins Shetab network
TEHRAN – Bank Refah is the newest member of the group of Iranian banks that offer Shetab Service, an integrated ATM line which is the most complete Iranian type of the system.
Thus, subscribers who have got a Refah ATM card can order instant disgorgement of cash and withdraw it from the ATMs. The project of connecting all Iranian banks to Shetab network is being implemented in line with adapting the traditional banking system in the country with modern electronic systems.
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