Elham Fattahi-Far, Director General of the Greenhouse, Ornamental Plants, and Edible Mushrooms Office at the Ministry of Agriculture's Horticulture Affairs Department, stated that the production includes greenhouse-grown vegetables such as cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants.
She added that the estimated production of ornamental flowers and plants—both in greenhouses and open fields—stood at approximately three billion units over the same period.
Fattahi-Far noted that between 2022 and 2023, around 500 hectares of greenhouses were developed and operationalized as part of efforts to shift vegetable cultivation from open fields to controlled greenhouse environments.
Under Iran's Seventh National Development Plan, the country aims to increase greenhouse crop and mushroom production by 10 million tons, though achieving this goal requires necessary funding and implementation measures, she said.
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