Agriculture Cooperation

Iran, Armenia sign MoU on manufacturing agricultural machinery

TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) – Iran and Armenia signed a Memorandum of Understanding on joint production of agricultural machinery, Iran’s commercial attaché to Armenia said on Sunday.

Iran achieves significant growth in agricultural processing products

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Export of agricultural processing and complementary products in the first four months of the current Iranian year (March 21-July 21) registered a significant 21 and 36 percent growth as compared to the same period last year in value and weight, respectively.

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Iran, FAO have joint plan on protecting forests

TEHRAN, Jul. 17 (MNA) – The 24th session of the FAO Committee on Forestry (COFO 24) entitled “High-Level Discourse on Forests and Goals of Sustainable Development” kicked off in Rome, Italy in the presence of more than 120 countries including Iran.

Iran, Finland to broaden agricultural coop. in near future

TEHRAN, May 29 (MNA) - Iran and Finland will ink a comprehensive cooperation agreement in the field of agriculture in the very near future.

Iran, Netherlands sign 2 MoUs in agricultural coop.

TEHRAN, May 05 (MNA) – Two agreements were signed by Iran and the Netherlands in the 2nd meeting of the two countries’ Joint Committee on Agriculture that was held from Wednesday to Friday in The Hague.

Syria signs deal on tractor imports from Iran

TEHRAN, Jan. 21 (MNA) – Syria’s Chambers of Agriculture Federation has signed a deal with an Iranian company for the imports of tractors and their distribution among the country’s farmers.

Nakhchivan eyes energy, agriculture coop. with Iran

TEHRAN, Dec. 19 (MNA) – Nakhchivan parl. speaker Vasif Talibov in a meeting with Iran’s economy minister voiced his country’s interest in electricity transfer, importing gas, and agricultural cooperation.

Iran, Kazakhstan to expand agricultural coop.

TEHRAN, Nov. 26 (MNA) – Mahmoud Hojjati, the Iranian Minister of Agriculture and Askar Myrzakhmetov the deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan met and discussed the necessity of expanding cooperation in import and export of agricultural products.

EU commissioner meets with Iranian Parl. committee chair

TEHRAN, Nov. 12 (MNA) – European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan announced that his visit to Iran aims to enhance cooperation between the EU and Iran in the field of agriculture and rural development.

VP Jahangiri urges EU to defy JCPOA violators

TEHRAN, Nov. 11 (MNA) – Iranian First Vice-President Jahangiri told European Commissioner for Agriculture Hogan, on Saturday in Tehran, that EU should not bend to the wishes of JCPOA violators.

Brazil to host branches of Iranian banks

TEHRAN, Oct. 18 (MNA) – Brazil’s Minister of Finance, at a meeting with his Iranian counterpart in Washington DC, welcomed the idea of opening branches of Iranian banks in his country.

Tehran, Paris to bolster coop. in aquaculture

TEHRAN, Oct. 07 (MNA) – Iranian agriculture minister, in a meeting in Paris with his French counterpart, discussed ways to increase bilateral relations in the field of agriculture and animal husbandry.

Iran’s agro output soars by 21mn tons

TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) – Deputy Iranian agriculture minister has announced that volume of agricultural production has climbed from 97 to 118 million tons.

Tehran seeks to expand agribusiness with Brasilia

TEHRAN, Sep. 11 (MNA) – Deputy Iranian agriculture minister, at a meeting with his Brazilian counterpart, underlined the need to resolve banking issues, expand bilateral trade and boost investment in agriculture sector.

Iran to set world record in rapeseed production

TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) – Deputy Agriculture Minister Abbas Keshavarz, while noting that Iran will soon obtain sugar self-sufficiency, said the country’s rapeseed output will exceed the global record within three years.

Iran to launch agricultural cultivation in Uruguay

TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) – Deputy Iranian agriculture minister, while pointing to imports of rice from Uruguay, said Iran had made an overseas farming plan for cultivating rice in the South American country.

IME to trade pistachio on export ring

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Agriculture Bank of Iran (Keshavarzi Bank) has agreed to take advantage of its capacities to bring about an upswing in trades of pistachio in Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME).

Iran negotiates with world's largest grain suppliers

TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) – Deputy agriculture minister said the world’s largest grain suppliers have been invited to develop exports of bread and durum wheat produced in Iran.

Tehran, Hanoi to bolster agro coop.

TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) – Iranian and Vietnamese agriculture ministers emphasized on reinvigoration of bilateral cooperation in areas of agriculture and fishery.

FAO to help restore Lake Urmia

TEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has voiced readiness to participate in Urmia Lake Restoration Program (ULRP).

FAO assists Iran to boost oil seed production

TEHRAN, Jun. 14 (MNA) – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) by conducting an inception workshop in Tehran launched its new project in Iran to improve sustainable oilseed crop production especially on Soybean harvest while integrating the latest technologies into cereal-based systems.

Mexico Iran's corridor to access US, Europe markets

TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA) – Mexican Ambassador to Iran Alfonso Zegbe said Mexico is Iran's corridor to access European and American markets.

Iran, Hungary stress expansion of agro cooperation

TEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) – Iranian ambassador to Budapest and President of Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture have stressed firm determination to boost agricultural cooperation between the two countries.

ICCIMA, EU call for agriculture investment firms

TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA) – Iran Chamber and EU Commission for Agriculture & Rural Development have emphasized on creation of joint enterprises in Central Asia in the field of grain and livestock inputs as well as joint cooperation for joint production of food.

EU ready to launch agricultural partnership with Iran

TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA) – Iran and the European Union have agreed to develop bilateral cooperation in agriculture and commerce sectors.

Tehran, Tbilisi ink 3 MoUs

 TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA) – Islamic Republic of Iran and Georgia have signed three cooperation agreements in sports, agriculture and ICT sectors.

Iranian, Kazakh provinces ink agricultural MoU

TEHRAN, Apr. 08 (MNA) – Head of Gorgan Chamber of Commerce said a cooperation agreement has been inked in agriculture sector between Iran’s Golestan province and Kyzylorda Region of Kazakhstan.

Tehran, Budapest to launch tech. coop. in agro sector

TEHRAN, Mar. 18 (MNA) – Iran’s VP for science and technology said numerous venues existed for cooperation with Hungary in a variety of sectors including agriculture.

Tehran, Kiev ink MoU to lift bilateral coop.

TEHRAN, Mar. 11 (MNA) – A Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) to boost mutual relations was inked between Iran and Ukraine at the Sixth Joint Economic Commission of the two sides on Friday.