Leading Vegetable producing Provinces in Iran

Iran at a glanceArea :168 Million Square Kilometers.

Population: 70 Million people

Cultivated Area: 14 MM Ha 8.93% of total area.

Including 83.71% Annual and 16.29% Pennial crops.

Annual crops include 54% irrigated and 46% dry lands and rain-fed cultivation.

Khorasan, Fars & W.Azarbayejan are the main provinces with 11.68, 9.17 & 5.87% respectively make up most cultivated area of Iran.

Total production in annual crops: 44.71MM T

Khoozestan, Khorasan, Fars & Mazandaran with 13.48, 11.23, 8.88 & 5.58% of total production are the leading provinces respectively .

Agriculture In Iran Wheat & Barley are grown mainly western Iran.

Rice, grown mainly along the Caspian sea.

Pomegranates, Grapes, Figs, Dates and Strawberries are grown in the semi- arid parts of the country.

Citrus crops (Orange, Grapefruit , Lemon,..) in Southern & Northern region.

Vegetable crops (Cucumber, Tomato , Watermelon, Melon, Onion,…. grown in all regions

Industrial Crops such as Sugar beet, Potato, Tobacco, Cotton and Oil Seeds

Cash crops such as Nuts, Pistachios, Saffron, Tea,..

Main provinces for vegetable crops in Iran are:

Khorasan (NE), Khouzestan (SW), Fars (S), Kerman (SE), Isfahan ,Yazd (C),Tehran (N), Homrmouzgan, Busheher (S), Lorestan (W), Golestan,Mazandaran (N), East & West Azarbaijan (NW),….

Estimation of Yield & Production for Vegetable crops in Iran

Crop Area ( ha) Yield / Hectare Production (TON)

Cabbage & Cauliflower 8,000 20 -25 Ton 280,000

Carrot 7,000 20 -30 Ton 230,000

Cucumber 77,000 15 - 20 Ton 1,600,000

Eggplant 17,000 20 30 Ton 580,000

Lettuce 17,000 30 -40 Ton 550,000

Melon 90,000 15- 20 Ton 1,400,000

Onion 46,000 25- 30 Ton 1,600,000

Potato 173,000 25- 30 Ton 4,200,000

Spinach 4,000 20 -25 Ton 80,000

Squash 7,000 15- 25 Ton 150,000

Tomato 132,000 30 - 40 Ton 4,400,000

Watermelon 112,000 25- 30 Ton 2,500,000

Others 100,000 15 -18 Ton 3,000,000

Total 790,000   20,570,000

*All above figures are approximately

Mehran HojabrARD(Unifert)ASL

Iran

Squash Market In Iran

Watermelon Market in Iran

Thank You For Your Kind Attention.

With the best wishes for all of the people which will be working for

improving agricultural in the world.

Mehran Hojabr ARD(Unifert)A.S.L Iran