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Uzbekistan supplied  7,000  tons of pomegranates to Russia

Uzbekistan supplied 7,000 tons of pomegranates to Russia

In January-September 2022, Uzbekistan exported over 7,000 tons of pomegranates to Russia, in total, more than 12,000 tons of pomegranates worth $12.5 mln were sent abroad. This year, according to the State Statistics Committee, …

Grain harvest in Kazakhstan exceeds 21 million tons

Grain harvest in Kazakhstan exceeds 21 million tons

According to the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan, the harvesting of grain crops has been completed in the republic. This year's total volume of grain is more than 21.7 million tons in bunker weight, which is more than has been …

Kazakhstan, Turkey consider developing agricultural sector

Kazakhstan, Turkey consider developing agricultural sector

Astana is ready to actively develop mutually beneficial cooperation with Ankara in the agricultural sector, Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan Yerbol Karashukeev said at a meeting with  Director General of Plant Production of the Ministry …

Turkey significantly increases exports to Russia

Turkey significantly increases exports to Russia

In June 2022, the export of goods from Turkey to Russia increased by 52%  to $791,4 mln compared to May, the Turkish Institute of Statistics reports. The export is 46% bigger than in June 2021. Over the past month, deliveries of …

Venezuela provides Iran with 1 mln ha of farmland

Venezuela provides Iran with 1 mln ha of farmland

Venezuela has allowed Iran to use one million hectares of its farmland for cultivation, an Iranian official said. The Iranian deputy interior minister for economic affairs highlighted the added value that the products and services …

Putin and Erdogan discuss establishment of grain corridors

Putin and Erdogan discuss establishment of grain corridors

The Ukrainian crisis and issues of the establishment of the so-called grain corridor to export grain by sea were the focus of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, …

Kazakhstan agriculture suffers multimillion-dollar losses

Kazakhstan agriculture suffers multimillion-dollar losses

According to Otyrar.kz,  abundant rainfall hit melon and cotton fields in the Zhetysay district of the Turkestan region. "The damage to my crops reaches over a million tenge. The expanses are added by the increased cost of …

Farmers in Uzbekistan to Get Better Access to Finance

Farmers in Uzbekistan to Get Better Access to Finance

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a $200 million financing package for the Second Rural Enterprise Development Project (REDP) aimed at supporting the establishment and expansion of farms and rural enterprises in 10 …

Iran and Russia to hold joint agricultural working group

Iran and Russia to hold joint agricultural working group

Iran and Russia will hold a joint working group in the field of agriculture, Iran's Deputy Ministry of Agriculture for Horticultural Affairs said Mohammad Mehdi Boroumandi said. Iranian and Russian ministries of agriculture …

Water wars on the horizon in Iran

Water wars on the horizon in Iran

When facing down public dissent and unrest, Iranian authorities are known to downplay the magnitude of the various crises they confront. But officials are uncharacteristically sounding the alarm about a mounting water crisis, …

Ancient glazed bricks returned to Iran

Ancient glazed bricks returned to Iran

Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Ali Asghar Mounesan said last Sunday that some 49 pieces of 2800-year old glazed bricks were repatriated to Iran from Switzerland, …

FAO supplies Iran with desert locust equipment

FAO supplies Iran with desert locust equipment

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) delivers two more consignments of desert locust control equipment and materials to Iran to further enhance national technical capacity to prevent and decrease the damages caused by …

Iran is running out of water

Iran is running out of water

What’s happening with Lake Urmia is just one example of water-environmental problems emerging right across Iran