INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN- Iran has exported over $78 million of pistachios to the European Union (EU) member states during the first half of 2022, IRIB
percent in the first six months of this year, from $106.1 million in the same period of time in the past year, the Eurostat data
indicate.Although Iran is mostly known for its vast hydrocarbon resources, there are some other precious products that people all around the
unrivaled, leading producer of pistachios for a long time, with southeastern Kerman province being the hub of production for so-called green
gold.Over the past decade, climate change has caused severe drought in Iran, leading to 85 percent of the country being classified as arid
The decline in annual average rainfall and shortage of surface water has forced farmers to dig more wells to pump water from underground
Nearly half of the 750,000 wells dug in Iranian farms are illegal, which indicates why the unconstrained use of underground water in
agriculture is the main source of water waste in the country.The situation is the same in Kerman province, which accounts for 70 percent of
As announced by Hossein Rezaei, the secretary-general of the Iran Pistachio Association (IPA), the production of pistachio in Iran fell by
70,000 tons in the previous Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20) to hover around 150,000 tons.Hossein Rezaei said that the current
year's sprouts have also been destroyed by climate change, and this year it is difficult to keep the market, so government support is
