BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 24
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
About 1.45 trillion rials (about $34.5 million) has been paid to wheat farmers in Iran's Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province (southwestern Iran) from the beginning of current wheat harvesting season April 4 to August 23 in Iran, director of Government Trading Corporation (GTC) of Iran’s branch in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Abolhassan Sadaghat Kish said, Trend reports citing the corporation’s website.
The director stressed that so far, more than 58,750 tons of wheat worth 1.48 trillion rials (about $35.2 million) have been purchased from farmers in the province. About 98 percent of these funds were paid to farmers.
Sadaghat Kish added that 2,320 tons of rapeseed has been purchased in the province so far. The volume of purchased rapeseed increased 267 tons in comparison to the same period last year.
The price of ordinary wheat to be purchased from farmers in the current planting year is set at 25,000 rials (about 59 cents), and of durum wheat - at 26,000 rials (about 61 cents) per kilogram for the current Iranian year (began March 20, 2020). The price of rapeseed is set at 46,600 rials (about $1.1) per kilogram.
Several agricultural goods, including wheat, tea, rice, and other products are purchased from farmers by a state company under a guarantee in Iran.