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10. NUMBER, AREA UNDER CULTIVATION AND PRODUCTION OF ANNUAL CROPS OF AGRICULTURAL
Total
Crop Number of holdings Area Production
Wheat 1,660,970 6,941,286 11,676,252
Barley 860,964 1,817,572 2,631,691
Rice (paddy) 517,272 465,453 1,819,990
Grain corn 66,280 178,606 1,232,993
Sugar beets 107,440 199,298 5,729,105
Cotton 76,903 118,853 264,465
Saffron(1) 105,743 42,452 157,829
Beans, dry 181,114 88,155 154,791
Peas, dry 217,007 458,861 196,675
Lentils 125,021 154,494 75,210
Broad beans, dry 70,345 9,573 19,759
Vetch 14,831 16,167 11,661
Rapeseed 22,336 48,000 76,430
Sunflower oil seed 15,477 33,103 37,448
Watermelons 75,601 98,529 1,210,630
Cucumber 167,185 46,555 677,442
Cantaloupes and other melons 55,112 76,102 819,175
Alfalfa and sainfoin, dry 544,339 550,119 2,933,710
Clover, dry 67,768 31,410 137,775
Forage corn 32,567 65,444 2,422,988
Potatoes 162,560 116,694 2,392,264
Onions 108,816 34,161 799,461
Tomatoes 240,608 101,654 2,487,537
Garlic, dry 74,541 4,136 29,625
Carrots, radishes, turnips and sweet
beets 100,403 9,697 250,430
Total Irrigated
Crop Number of Area Production Number of Area
Other vegetables(2) 240,325 54,852 1,077,530 101,723 49,726
Tobacco 8,547 5,763 6,724 4,685 3,324
Tobacco leaves 6,759 3,181 6,014 6,752 3,179
Annual ornamentals 3,823 903 - 2,381 867
Millet 10,022 6,681 13,798 9,093 5,877
Peanut 3,323 1,337 3,587 280 244
Hawknut 26,728 52,320 15,909 19,135 32,238
Henna 3,579 4,011 7,730 3,577 4,010
Madder 974 293 995 973 292
Sunflower grown for
edible seeds 32,391 30,279 46,175 29,906 29,007
Watermelon grown for
edible seeds 20,182 52,666 9,370 7,477 13,529
Pumpkins grown for
edible seeds 11,202 15,550 5,930 10,197 14,525
Hemp 538 158 107 530 151
Fennel-flower 2,850 4,221 2,684 606 528
Seed watermelon 828 1,532 578 595 782
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Seed alfalfa 536 786 519 516 706
Seed onion 252 55 43 194 54
Seed coriander 2,707 2,309 4,197 2,699 2,304
Soybeans 28,624 54,319 109,634 14,392 38,160
Fodder beets 10,144 1,214 23,873 10,142 1,214
Seed sugar beets 1,551 2,268 3,485 1,551 2,268
1. Production unit: kilograms.
2. Includes eggplant, pumpkins, squash, gourds, garden peas, green beans, lettuce, cabbages, celery, spinach, parsley, coriander, garden-
Source: Statistical Centre of Iran.
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NUAL CROPS OF AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS IN OPEN AIR BY CROP: 1382 (2003) (ha; ton)
Irrigated Rainfed
Number of Area Production Number of Area Production
957,585 2,427,916 7,511,968 915,574 4,513,370 4,164,284
447,891 606,165 1,624,515 453,163 1,211,407 1,007,176
517,272 465,453 1,819,990 0 0 0
57,240 177,918 1,231,665 9,061 688 1,327
107,440 199,298 5,729,105 0 0 0
67,901 109,575 253,453 9,244 9,278 11,012
105,705 42,431 157,793 41 21 35
116,128 84,296 150,794 65,041 3,859 3,997
24,317 14,407 12,869 194,582 444,454 183,806
21,079 9,080 7,813 104,719 145,414 67,397
17,293 7,398 15,159 53,058 2,176 4,600
12,587 12,514 10,201 2,275 3,652 1,460
7,294 17,557 31,205 15,184 30,442 45,225
10,371 17,239 25,777 5,266 15,863 11,671
52,075 73,585 1,127,617 23,779 24,944 83,013
95,593 45,825 672,313 71,602 730 5,129
47,586 71,804 810,074 7,610 4,297 9,101
529,564 498,978 2,845,170 25,442 51,142 88,540
59,220 25,811 115,475 8,595 5,599 22,299
29,441 62,408 2,392,456 3,131 3,035 30,532
138,619 114,248 2,378,418 23,984 2,445 13,845
90,538 33,228 793,428 18,286 933 6,033
181,398 100,249 2,473,946 59,229 1,406 13,590
15,408 3,147 28,070 59,134 990 1,556
43,032 9,259 245,953 57,374 438 4,477
Irrigated Rainfed
Area Production Number of Area Production
49,726 1,028,098 138,715 5,127 49,432
3,324 4,031 3,867 2,439 2,693
3,179 6,013 7 2 1
867 - 1,443 36 -
5,877 13,275 930 804 522
244 746 3,044 1,093 2,841
32,238 12,843 8,051 20,081 3,066
4,010 7,730 2 W W
292 995 1 W W
29,007 45,615 2,526 1,272 560
13,529 4,543 13,176 39,137 4,827
14,525 5,309 1,012 1,025 621
151 104 8 7 3
528 695 2,254 3,693 1,989
782 434 264 750 145
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706 493 20 79 26
54 42 58 2 1
2,304 4,192 9 5 5
38,160 83,366 14,387 16,159 26,268
1,214 23,863 2W W
2,268 3,485 0 0 0
celery, spinach, parsley, coriander, garden-cress, leek, basil, peppermint, tarragon, trigonella, savory,
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