2. Leading Vegetable producing Provinces in Iran

3. Iran at a glance  Area :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.

4. 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),….

5. Estimation of Yield & Production for Vegetable crops in Iran CropArea ( ha)Yield / HectareProduction (TON) Cabbage & Cauliflower8,00020 -25 Ton280,000 Carrot7,00020 -30 Ton230,000 Cucumber77,00015 - 20 Ton1,600,000 Eggplant17,00020 30 Ton580,000 Lettuce17,00030 -40 Ton550,000 Melon90,00015- 20 Ton1,400,000 Onion46,00025- 30 Ton1,600,000 Potato173,00025- 30 Ton4,200,000 Spinach4,00020 -25 Ton80,000 Squash7,00015- 25 Ton150,000 Tomato132,00030 - 40 Ton4,400,000 Watermelon112,00025- 30 Ton2,500,000 Others100,00015 -18 Ton3,000,000 Total790,000 20,570,000 *All above figures are approximately

6. Mehran Hojabr ARD(Unifert)ASL Iran Squash Market In Iran

8. Watermelon Market in Iran

15. 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