2.2 million tons of vegetables will be produced in Iran along with some 1.7 billion flower cuts by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2017), registering close to a 31% and 25.2% growth respectively compared with last year.
This was announced by Mohammad Kiaei, an official with the Agriculture Ministry, Mehr News Agency reported.
The official noted that last Iranian year’s figures show there were more than 10,000 hectares of greenhouses across the country, close to 7,500 hectares of which were under the cultivation of vegetables. The rest were dedicated to flower farming.
“There is a need to increase the greenhouse area to 48,355 hectares over 10 years,” he said.
According to Deputy Agriculture Minister Akbar Mehrfard, the Ministry of Agriculture plans to transfer all vegetable farms to greenhouses within 10 years.
source: financialtribune.com