BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 16. Iran has paid 100 trillion rials (about $173 million) to rapeseed farmers, Sadollah Mansouri, an official from the Ministry of Agriculture, told reporters, Trend reports.
He stated that up to now, 97 percent of the payments for purchased rapeseed have been made to farmers.
Mansouri noted that during the current cultivation year (from September 22, 2024, through September 22, 2025), despite water shortages, high temperatures, and climate change, 250,000 tons of rapeseed were harvested from 150,000 hectares, while the target was 300,000.
He added that the highest harvest was recorded in Khuzestan Province with 76,000 tons, followed by Golestan Province with 58,000 tons, and Mazandaran Province with 29,000 tons.
The ministry official also mentioned that 1,200 tons of rapeseed seeds, mostly hybrids, were delivered to farmers this year under the supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture.
Mansouri said the rapeseed was purchased by the private sector at a rate of 410,000 rials (about $0.71) per kilogram under the ministry’s oversight.
He further noted that soybeans have been planted on 21,000 hectares this year; although harvesting has not yet commenced, the expected yield is projected to reach 40,000 tons.
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