BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 6. As many as 250,000 tons of wheat have been purchased from local farmers under a guarantee in Iran’s Ilam Province in the west of the country since the beginning of the current wheat harvesting season (started March 28, 2023), Deputy Director of the Ilam Province Agricultural Department, Heshmatollah Zarrinjub said, Trend reports.
According to Zarrinjub, the mentioned amount of wheat was purchased in the southern regions of the province. In coming days, wheat harvesting will begin in the northern regions of the province.
The deputy director added that 32 centers for the purchase of wheat have been established in the province.
“In total, 350,000 tons of wheat are expected to be harvested in the province this year. Of this, 285,000 tons are estimated to be purchased from farmers under a guarantee,” he said.
Overall, 13 million tons of wheat are forecasted to be harvested in Iran for the current Iranian year (March 21, 2023 through March 19, 2024). Of that amount, 8-8.5 million tons are estimated to be purchased by Iranian Government Trading Corporation (GTC).
Meanwhile, last Iranian year (March 21, 2022 through March 20, 2023), about 11.5 million tons of wheat were harvested in the country, of which 7.5 million tons were purchased by the GTC.
Last year, the price of 1 kg of wheat was set up at 115,000 rials (about $2.74), while, 1 kg of wheat is set at 150,000 rials (about $3.57) for the current season.
In total, wheat was planted on 5.95 million hectares of land in Iran in the current season. Of this, 3.96 million hectares accounted for dry-farming land, while 1.99 million hectares for ordinary agricultural land.
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