Even more investments in agriculture
Iran
Friday 27 April 2018
FJ
In Iran the Minister of Agriculture has called for increasing this year the volume of investment in the sector according to the news agency IRNA.
The minister stressed the need to increase the volume of investments and increase the support for the production of the agricultural sector. The agricultural sector is still an important part of the country's economy, accounting for about 9.3% of GDP.
Iran, over a 10-month period last year, exported just over 4.7 million tonnes of agricultural products worth about $ 4.542 billion. With exports of pistachios, nuts, potatoes, tomatoes, fruits, apples, grapes, lemons, dates, cucumbers.
source : ers usda gov, tehrantimes com, trend az