TEHRAN, Feb. 5 (MNA) – According to a report released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Iran witnessed a 55-million-ton rise in the total yield of 100 agricultural products within the three decades as of 1979 (victory of Islamic Revolution), Fars News Agency reported here on Tuesday.

FAO’s report put the country’s total production of 100 agro products at some 28.8 million tons in 1978 which rose to over 84 million tons in 2007, a 192 percent growth in the period.
Iran’s grain production in 1978 stood at 8.47 million tons. The output surpassed to 22.8 million tons in the past year, the report indicates, saying that the figure shows a 14-million ton, equaling 169 percent rise.
FAO announced that by producing 23 million tons of grains in 2007, Iran ranked the ninth in Asia.
The country made an 11 million increase in its fruit production from 2.8 million tons in 1978 to 13.847 million tons in 2007.
In the mentioned decades the country witnessed a 131 percent or 6-million ton rise sugar beet output and a 241 percent growth in summer crops production in the mentioned period.
Iran produced less than 5.66 million tons of wheat in 1978 and named the biggest importer of the product in the world. Now, by exporting more than 400,000 tons of wheat Iran has become one of the main exporters of the product and has increased its wheat output to more than 14.5 million tons.
By implementing the wheat self sufficiency plan, the country saw a 9-million-ton growth of wheat yield, equaling 156 percent.
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