Food Production

All You Should Know About Persian Food

TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) – Iranian cuisine and Persian food are things that even visitors love to try and taste. When we say Persian food, we say Persian because Iran was initially known as Persian, and hence the name comes from there.
2021-07-15 20:30
Coronavirus may disrupt food supply chains, vulnerable households to feel worst impact: FAO

TEHRAN, Apr. 14 (MNA) – While the full impact of COVID-19 and the novel coronavirus that causes it on food security and agricultural food systems is still unfolding, it is clear that this outbreak will have significant negative effects on people all along the food supply chain, says a new report released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2020-04-14 09:20
Kuwait to resume importing foodstuff from Iran

TEHRAN, Apr. 06 (MNA) – Kuwait’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Sun. announced that it will resume imports of foodstuff from the Islamic Republic of Iran which had been halted after the outbreak of coronavirus.
2020-04-06 01:26
FAO extends its support, advice in addressing COVID-19 outbreak

TEHRAN, Mar. 03 (MNA) – Since late December 2019, after the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in China, as of today, the virus has spread to 66 other countries across the world.
2020-03-03 06:00
Asia-Pacific region needs better data to assure progress in agricultural systems: FAO

TEHRAN, Feb. 10 (MNA) – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) urges its member countries for an acceleration in improvements to agricultural data gathering and monitoring to ensure the targets set out by the United Nations to achieve sustainable development are accurately reported in the world’s biggest region – Asia and the Pacific.
2020-02-10 22:02
Deputy industry min.:

Production growth of 26 main mineral & industrial products in H1

TEHRAN, Nov. 03 (MNA) – Deputy Ministry of Industry for Planning Affairs Saeed Zarandi said that 26 mineral and industrial products registered significant growth in the first six months of the current year (March 21 – Sept. 22).
2019-11-03 11:58
FAO, UN partners warn of disproportional impacts of climate change on land use, food security in Asia-Pacific

TEHRAN, Oct. 30 (MNA) – Asia’s vast landmass and growing cities are warming faster than the global average and that will have a disproportional impact on food security and livelihoods for billions of people across the region, FAO and its UN partners warned today.
2019-10-30 10:17
Envoy calls on exporters to focus on high potential of Russia’s market for food products

TEHRAN, Sep. 28 (MNA) – Iranian Ambassador to the Russian Federation Mehdi Sanaei called on Iranian exporters to pay due attention to the high potential of Russia’s market for exporting food products to this country.
2019-09-28 21:47
World food prices dip in August

TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) –Global food prices declined in August, driven by sharp falls in the prices of staple cereals and sugar, according to a report issued today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
2019-09-07 10:16
Human drugs production volume up by 9.6% in 4 months

TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) – Statistics of the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade indicated that the volume of human drugs production registered a 9.6 percent growth in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21 – July 21).
2019-08-24 11:12
Iranian health minister calls on intl. bodies to break silence on US sanctions

TEHRAN, Aug. 13 (MNA) – In a letter to the Secretary General of the World Health Organization(WHO), Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki has called for breaking silence against the US sanctions on Iranian health sector.
2019-08-13 20:19
Researchers develop cheap, precise nanosensor for metal detection in food

TEHRAN, Jun. 24 (MNA) – An Iranian team of researchers at University of Kurdistan has developed a cheap yet precise ultrasensitive nanosensor for detection of heavy metals in food and water.
2019-06-24 10:47
Incredible algae potentials

TEHRAN, May 25 (MNA) – Maybe for some people, it seems a little strange and unrealistic to use medicines and foods from algae, but these aquatic organisms have an incredible potential that will lead researchers to investigation in this area.
2019-05-25 19:04
87% of Iran’s food security provided internally

TEHRAN, Mar. 04 (MNA) – Deputy Minister of Agriculture for Parliament Affairs, Mohammad Ali Javadi, said that %87 of Iran’s food security is currently provided on internal power.
2019-03-04 16:49
Car production drops 37.8% in 11 months: Industry Min.

TEHRAN, Mar. 04 (MNA) – Car production experienced a significant 37.8 percent decline in 11 months of the current year (March 21 – Feb. 21).
2019-03-04 14:32
Deputy industry min.:

Iran’s food industry exports at 10% growth in nine months

TEHRAN, Feb. 16 (MNA) – Deputy Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade for Industries Affairs Farshad Moghimi said food industry experts increased by 10% in nine months of the current year (March 21 – Dec. 21).
2019-02-16 17:47
Saffron exports value up by 46% in first 8 months

TEHRAN, Dec. 15 (MNA) – Iran’s exports of saffron have registered a 46 percent increase in the first eight months of the current Iranian year (Mar. 21 – Nov. 21) as compared to the same period last year, according to deputy head of the National Saffron Council.
2018-12-15 13:35