Iranian farmers are involved in the production of a wide array of crops including wheat, rice, barley, corn, pistachio nuts, almonds, hazelnuts, and walnuts. The major constraint to crop production is inadequate rainfall in areas that might otherwise be able to support crops such as wheat, corn and barley. The farming sector is further disadvantaged by outdated farm equipment, the limited availability of important crop inputs such as fertilizer and herbicides, and generally poor agronomic...

But that's not the only reason for the increase in wheat acres. Producers can commonly double-crop wheat with soybeans, which means they can plant soybeans right behind the wheat harvest in the same field, and the price of soybeans has soared to as high as $10 per bushel. Next year's soybeans could perform like this year's corn, which was planted in record acreage because of the demand for ethanol. Growers see profit potential planting wheat, then soybeans. This material may not be...

In view of the anticipated water shortage the Federal Committee on Agriculture (FCA) in its recent meeting had asked the Sindh ministry of agriculture not to raise its wheat crop estimates for the next season from the previous year s target. Sources were, however, hopeful that if there were enough rains like the last year then the province could achieve 3.4 million tons wheat production. About the rice crop, the sources said that the revised estimates of the crop would be received by the...

Government has introduced a stop order facility to assist wheat and maize farmers to expeditiously harvest and deliver their crops to the Grain Marketing Board. The move follows appeals by farmers' organisations to the Ministry of Agriculture that some of their members were failing to raise enough money to hire combine harvesters. The farmers also reported that they were facing transport problems during a meeting held recently between farmers' organisations and the Ministry of Agriculture....

Wheat requires less irrigation with the zero tillage method Sahar Majid 5 November 2007 Source: SciDev.net An agricultural technique known as 'zero tillage' has reduced the demand for water in rice and wheat farming on almost a million hectares of land in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. Wheat requires less irrigation with the zero tillage method Sahar Majid 5 November 2007 Source: SciDev.net An agricultural technique known as 'zero tillage' has reduced the demand for water in rice and...

I wonder why the decision makers cannot at times take a more flexible and pragmatic approach to situations like this, particularly as we look like we may be entering a period of potential food shortages globally and certainly a period of food price inflation. I wonder why the decision makers cannot at times take a more flexible and pragmatic approach to situations like this, particularly as we look like we may be entering a period of potential food shortages globally and certainly a period...