date:Sep 12, 2017
nce produced 70% of all Iranian pistachios, but now its share has dropped to just 30% due to a severe water crisis.
Pistachios are currently grown in 19 provinces across the country, all of which face practically identical problems, said the head of the association. According to Mohsen Jalalpur, who previously was the chairman of the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mining and Agriculture, about 150,000 tonnes of pistachios worth $ 1.5 billion are expected to be exported from Iran during the