TONEKABON, Dec. 27 (MNA) – With the cold winter days coming, farmers in Tonekabon, Mazandaran province, north of Iran, are busy harvesting citrus fruits, which form a lion’s share of the country’s domestic demand and exports.
Mazandaran accounts for 1.5% of Iran’s land area and 2.5% of agricultural land, while its agricultural output tops 7 million tons per annum.
More than 2.2 million tons of citrus fruits are cultivated on 110,000 hectares of land in Mazandaran every year, which meets nearly 50% of the domestic demand.
Tonekabon has over 14,990 hectares of citrus fruit farms, which are expected to produce 3,000 tons of tangerine and 280,000 tons of orange this year.
Citrus fruit harvest in Iran’s Mazandaran province
Citrus fruit harvest in Iran’s Mazandaran province
Citrus fruit harvest in Iran’s Mazandaran province
Citrus fruit harvest in Iran’s Mazandaran province
Citrus fruit harvest in Iran’s Mazandaran province
Citrus fruit harvest in Iran’s Mazandaran province
Citrus fruit harvest in Iran’s Mazandaran province
Citrus fruit harvest in Iran’s Mazandaran province
Citrus fruit harvest in Iran’s Mazandaran province
Citrus fruit harvest in Iran’s Mazandaran province
Citrus fruit harvest in Iran’s Mazandaran province
Citrus fruit harvest in Iran’s Mazandaran province
Citrus fruit harvest in Iran’s Mazandaran province
Citrus fruit harvest in Iran’s Mazandaran province
Citrus fruit harvest in Iran’s Mazandaran province
Citrus fruit harvest in Iran’s Mazandaran province
Citrus fruit harvest in Iran’s Mazandaran province
Citrus fruit harvest in Iran’s Mazandaran province
Citrus fruit harvest in Iran’s Mazandaran province
Citrus fruit harvest in Iran’s Mazandaran province
Citrus fruit harvest in Iran’s Mazandaran province
Citrus fruit harvest in Iran’s Mazandaran province
Citrus fruit harvest in Iran’s Mazandaran province
Citrus fruit harvest in Iran’s Mazandaran province
Citrus fruit harvest in Iran’s Mazandaran province
Citrus fruit harvest in Iran’s Mazandaran province
Citrus fruit harvest in Iran’s Mazandaran province
Citrus fruit harvest in Iran’s Mazandaran province