Iran’s legume harvest has risen about 15.5% this crop year to more than 800,000 tons, up from roughly 702,000 tons a year earlier, according to Faramak Azizkarimi, director general of the Agriculture Ministry’s grains and basic products office.
He told IRNA that farmers planted 700,000–800,000 hectares with pulses. Rainfed chickpeas and lentils accounted for 600,000–650,000 hectares, irrigated beans for 100,000–120,000 and other pulses, including mung bean and faba bean, for 30,000–40,000.
The increase follows better rainfall after five dry years and a package of technical measures: improved seed, more mechanized and autumn planting, fertilizer supply and pest and disease control. More than 600 tons of improved chickpea and lentil seed were distributed, Azizkarimi said.
Although the first half of the crop year was difficult, he added, minimum rainfall arrived when crops needed it. Without that water, higher yields would not have been possible, he said. The figures cover chickpeas, lentils, beans and other pulses, with officials crediting both weather and farm-level improvements for lifting yield and productivity.
