BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 13. As many as 38,000 tons of wheat were purchased from local farmers in Iran’s Tehran Province under a guarantee since the beginning of the current wheat harvesting season in the country (started March 28, 2023), Director of the Agricultural Department of Tehran Province, Jabraeil Baradari said, Trend reports.
According to Baradari, wheat has been planted on an area of approximately 47,200 hectares in the province. Until yesterday, harvesting work was completed on 42 percent of the cultivated area.
The director also added that it is expected that there will be an increase in the wheat harvesting in the province for the current Iranian year (March 21, 2023 through March 19, 2024).
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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