BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 26. Hamadan province, located in the west of Iran, exported 29,000 tons of greenhouse products in the first 11 months of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2023 through February 19, 2024), said Shahram Parvaresh, deputy director of Iran's Hamadan Province Agriculture Department, Trend reports.
Parvaresh noted that the province’s exports included 22,000 tons of tomatoes and 7,000 tons of bell peppers, which were shipped to countries such as Russia, Iraq, Qatar and the UAE.
The deputy director also said that Hamadan province produces more than 63,000 tons of greenhouse crops on a land area of 250 hectares.
Moreover, he stated that the province grows more than 5.2 million decorative flowers in its greenhouses.
There are 11 greenhouse parks in Hamadan province, and that a new greenhouse park with a size of 456 hectares is planned to be built, which will produce 105,000 tons of products per year.
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