BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 26
By Elnur Baghishov - Trend
Around 180,000 tons of wheat were purchased from farmers with a guarantee in Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran since the beginning of the harvest (April 8, 2020), said Khodarahm Amirizadeh, director general of the grain and trade services company in Khuzestan, Trend reports citing IRNA.
According to Amirizadeh, 147,900 tons of purchased wheat were registered and 31,400 tons are in the process of registration.
Amirizadeh added that the value of 79,000 tons of wheat was paid to farmers and the rest will be paid in installments.
The price of ordinary wheat to be purchased from farmers in the current planting year is set between 25,000 rials (about 59 cents) and 26,000 rials (about 61 cents) per kilogram of durum wheat in Iran in the current Iranian year. A number of products, including wheat, tea, rice and other products, are purchased from farmers by the state company under a guarantee in Iran.
The official said that about 1.8 million tons of wheat is expected to be harvested from 550,000 hectares in Khuzestan province in this Iranian year (starting March 20, 2020). Some 1.6 million tons of it will be purchased from farmers.
Amirizadeh said that in addition, 35,000 tons of rapeseed have been purchased from farmers so far.
The price of 1 kg of rapeseed to be purchased from farmers in Iran is set at 46,600 rials (about $ 1.10).
"It is forecasted that about 100,000 tons of rapeseed will be harvested from 57,000 hectares in Khuzestan province this year," he said.
According to the report of the Department of Agriculture of Iran's Khuzestan province, about 5 million tons of products worth 60 trillion rials (about $1.4 billion) are harvested from more than 800,000 hectares of the province.