Harvest Season

By: Farhad Safari

Harvesting grapes in Qazvin

TEHRAN, Sep. 17 (MNA) – The northwestern province of Qazvin is one of the cultivated regions of Iran. Grapes are one of the main agricultural products of the region.
2020-09-17 12:06
By: Maryam Davarnia

Harvesting pistachio from gardens in Jajaram

JAJARM, Sep. 14 (MNA) – Jajarm city in North Khorasan province is one of the highly potential hubs for planting and farming pistachios.
2020-09-14 02:07
By: Iman Hamikhah

Harvesting grapes in Malayer

MALAYER, Sep. 13 (MNA) – Every year in midst September, farmers in Malayer county, Hamedan Province, begin harvesting grapes and drying them up into raisins.
2020-09-13 03:00
By: Farhad Safari

Cranberry harvest in Iran's Hire village

ALAMUT, Sep. 09 (MNA) – Hire village in West Alamut District in Qazvin Province is the Iran's largest cranberry producer. Harvest season of cranberry begins late August and goes through September.
2020-09-09 18:29
VIDEO: Harvesting grapes in Kashmar

KASHMAR, Sep. 06 (MNA) – Every year in early September, farmers in Kashmar county, Razavi Khorasan Province, begin harvesting grapes and drying them up into raisins.
2020-09-06 22:00
By: Pouya Bazargard

Peanut fields in N Iran

ASTANEH ASHRAFIEH, Sep. 06 (MNA) – Peanut is the most important agricultural product of Astaneh Ashrafieh county in Gilan province. It is cultivated on more than 2,000 hectares of land, which accounts for 80% of Iran's peanut output.
2020-09-06 12:58
By: Rahbar Emamdadi

Lemon harvest in S Iran

BANDAR ABBAS, Aug. 20 (MNA) – Farmers of Hormozgan province, southern Iran, have cultivated lemon in some 10,000 ha of land. Some 100,000 tons of lemon have been harvested so far across the province.
2020-08-20 03:29
By: Iman Hamikhah

Potato harvest in Hamedan province

HAMEDAN, Aug. 14 (MNA) – Farmers of Hamedan province, west Iran, cultivate potato in some 22 to 24 thousand hectares of farms annually.
2020-08-14 20:36
By: Rahbar Emdadi

Fruits harvest in South of Iran

TEHRAN, Aug. 04 (MNA) – Harvest season of various kinds of fruits have started in different parts of Iran. Gardeners have begun harvesting walnut, plum, apricot, grape, fig in Homag-e Bala village in Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province.
2020-08-04 11:27
By: Behnam Yousefi

Peach harvest in central Iran

TEHRAN, Jul. 19 (MNA) – Harvest season of peach and nectarine begins July and goes through September depending on the variety and location. Gardeners have started harvesting peach and nectarine in Khondab County in Markazi province, central Iran.
2020-07-19 19:30
By: Abouzar Bigharaz

Harvesting cantaloupe on fields in Gerash, Fars province

SHIRAZ, Jun. 24 (MNA) – “Cantaloupe” is cultivated in early Iranian month of Esfand [Feb. – March] in tropical regions, Gerash county, south of Fars province and is harvested in Iranian month of Khordad [June].
2020-06-24 11:43
By: Behnam Yousefi

Harvesting cherry, sour cherry trees in Markazi Prov.

KHONDAB, Jun. 20 (MNA) – Harvest season of cherry and sour cherry begins late June and goes through September depending on the variety and location. Gardeners have started harvesting cherry and sour cherry in Khondab County, Markazi Province, Iran.
2020-06-20 23:00
By: Masoumeh Jafari

Harvesting peach, nectarine trees in N Iran

SARI, Jun. 14 (MNA) – Harvest season of peach and nectarine begins July and goes through September depending on the variety and location. Gardeners have started harvesting peach and nectarine in Mazandaran, northern Iran.
2020-06-14 09:47
By: Majid Dehghanizadeh

Harvesting mulberries in Yazd province

YAZD, Jun. 07 (MNA) – People of Yazd gather at this time of year to pick mulberries from trees. More than three people usually hold a large piece of cloth underneath a tree while one person climbs to the top of the tree, shaking the branches so that mulberries would fall.
2020-06-07 13:29
By: Pantea Nikzad

Harvesting damask rose in Iran’s Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province

SHAHREKORD, Jun. 04 (MNA) – Farmers in Iran’s Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province have started harvesting damask rose, a widely cultivated flower throughout the country. The rose water produced from damask roses is applied in pharmaceutical and perfumery industries.
2020-06-04 12:03
By: Maryam Davarnia

Harvesting damask rose in N. Khorasan province

BOJNOURD, May 25 (MNA) – Farmers in Iran's northeastern North Khorasan province have started harvesting damask rose, a widely cultivated flower throughout the country. The rose water produced from damask roses is applied in pharmaceutical and perfumery industries.
2020-05-25 18:04
By: Behnam Yousefi

Harvesting damask rose in Markazi Prov.

ARAK, May 11 (MNA) – Farmers in Iran’s central province Markazi have started harvesting damask rose, a widely cultivated flower throughout the country. The rose water produced from damask roses is applied in pharmaceutical and perfumery industries.
2020-05-11 13:47
By: Mehdi Hossein Nezhadi

Harvesting borage herb in Gilan province

ASTARA, May 10 (MNA) – Astara in Gilan province is one of the hubs for producing borage herb. Farmers in Astara pick the borage from May to mid-June.
2020-05-10 16:00
By: Pouya Bazargard

Harvesting tea in Gilan province

LAHIJAN, May 10 (MNA) – Farmers have started tea harvest across Gilan province, northern Iran. The country is expecting to produce 135,000 tons of fresh tea leaves in the current year, registering a 10% increase in production as compared to the year before, according to the Iran Tea Organization.
2020-05-10 03:00
By: Mahsa Safari

Harvesting ‘strawberry’ in Golestan province

GORGAN, Apr. 27 (MNA) – Strawberry is one of the agricultural capacities in Golestan province. Harvesting this product starts in the eastern part of this province from the beginning of the Iranian month of Ordibehesht [Apr. 20] and ends up to the end of Khordad [June 20].
2020-04-27 11:30
By: Mahsa Safari

Harvesting ‘echium amoenum’ in N Iran

GORGAN, Apr. 21 (MNA) – Azadshahr country in Golestan province is one of the hubs for producing echium amoenum which is also known as ‘red feathers’. Iran’s traditional medicine gives special importance to the plant.
2020-04-21 12:14
By: Behnam Yousefi

Cardoon harvest in Iran

TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (MNA) – Early Spring is the season for harvesting cardoons in Iran. These plants are often grown in humid regions of Iran. The stems can be peeled and then steamed or boiled. The taproots can be eaten raw or cooked, but are only palatable on young thistles that have not yet flowered.
2020-04-18 11:00
By: Mohsen Nofresti

Saffron harvest in Qayen

QAYEN, Dec. 16 (MNA) – Qayen County in South Khorasan, the eastern province of Iran is the main hub for producing the best saffron in the world. Qayen’s saffron is famous for its unique aroma and strong color and has many customers in many countries such as Germany, the US, Spain, and the Persian Gulf states.
2019-12-16 14:39
By: Mehdi Bakhshi

Harvesting pomegranates from oldest garden in Qom prov.

QOM, Nov. 13 (MNA) – Covering over 6 ha of land, Fat’habad Garden is the oldest garden in Qom province which has remained intact over a long period of time. This garden is as old as 200 years, best known for its pomegranates.
2019-11-13 14:43
By: Marzieh Ghazizadeh

Cotton harvest in Golestan Prov.

GORGAN, Nov. 03 (MNA) – Farmers in Iranian northeastern province of Golestan pick the cotton from September to mid-November. Cotton is the main agricultural product of Baghoo Kenareh County. Golestan province is the third-largest producer of cotton in Iran.
2019-11-03 16:17
By: Maryam Davarnia

Saffron harvest season kicks off in northeastern Iran

BOJNURD, Nov. 03 (MNA) – Autumn is the harvest season for saffron, which in Iran is known as the 'red gold' due to being the world's most expensive spice. Many farmers in North Khorasan Province in northeastern Iran are busy with harvesting saffron flowers at this time of the year. According to an Agriculture Ministry official, Iranian farmers are expected to produce 430 tons of saffron by mid-March 2020.
2019-11-03 13:53
By: Mohammad Mehdi Maleki

Harvesting pomegranates in Shahreza

SHAHREZA, Nov. 03 (MNA) – Shahreza is known as Isfahan's third top city in terms of pomegranate production. The city has some 1,650 ha of land under cultivation, producing various types of pomegranate in Autumn.
2019-11-03 09:39
By: Esmail Khortan

Harvesting, processing pistachios in Sirjan

DARESTAN, Oct. 06 (MNA) – Darestan village, 29km far from Sirjan county in Kerman province, is known for its quality pistachios. After harvesting, the pistachios are transferred to factories for processing, during which the external soft shells are removed and the moisture is decreased.
2019-10-06 11:11
By: Pouya Bazargard

Olive harvest in Rudbar, N Iran

RUDBAR, Oct. 02 (MNA) – Olive is the most important agricultural product of Rudbar County in Gilan province. Rudbar's local economy notably includes olives and olive-based products. The harvest season begins in September and continues until the end of December.
2019-10-02 14:25
By: Aryan Nasrollahi

Harvesting black grapes in Kordestan province

SARVABAD, Oct. 01 (MNA) – Kordestan province, in western Iran, annually produces more than 60,000 tons of black grapes. Paygelan village, in Saravabad city, is a hub of grapes' production in the province with producing more than 2,000 tons of grapes every year.
2019-10-01 11:25