TEHRAN (Commodity Online) : Iran seeks stable crop production despite the fact that agriculture in the country is largely dependent on rain.

According to Iran’s Agriculture ministry, the country wants to stay on the peak for production of strategic crops with regard to climatic condition.

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It said over the last 31 years that Iran’s population has increased from 36 million to 72 million the annual agricultural output has increased from 20 million tons to more than 100 million tons.

Iran has been able to increase crops up to five times during the period.

The ministry said although precipitation in Iran is around one third of the world average but vaporization is three times more than international levels, so the country has no choice but to increase efficiency in water use.

Energy saving and production of healthy foods by observing standards in using fertilizers and chemicals is another priority of the ministry.

Iran has great potentials to reach self-sufficiency in production - and even export - of citrus fruits, the ministry said adding that the ministry has started cultivating bananas on 10,000 hectares area of land.

Currently, as much as 2.7 million hectares area of land is under cultivation of fruits, producing about 16 million ton of crops, including 2.4 million tons of orange.

Iran ranks the first in production of fruits in the Middle East and the eighth in the world.

Iran has also taken steps to reach self-sufficiency in production of rice and cooking oil as anticipated in the fifth socio-economic development plan.

According to the ministry, about 30,000 hectares of land is also under cultivation of medicinal herb which will expand in the future.

The country also started production of Potato seeds through mini-tuber method and Sugar beet seeds through mono-germ method

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