BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 7. As many as 104 agricultural processing enterprises were put into use in Iran’s Fars Province in the south of the country, over the last Iranian year (March 21, 2022 through March 20, 2023), an official of Fars Province Agriculture Department, Mahmoud Baseri said, Trend reports.
According to Baseri, the mentioned number of enterprises has the capacity to process a total of 531,000 tons of agricultural products per year. These enterprises can receive more than 727,000 tons of agricultural products in raw form.
The official added that the enterprises launched in 20 counties of the province operate in fruit and vegetable packaging, production of various types of dry milk, production of animal and fish feed and other fields.
“Overall, approximately 16.9 trillion rials (about $401 million) has been spent on these enterprises, and 1,590 people have been provided with jobs,” he said.
There are 22,000 enterprises operating in Iran for processing, packing and other agricultural products. In total, it is possible to process and pack 120 million tons of products per year.
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