TEHRAN — Peanut festival, featuring the high quality peanuts produced in Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh, northern province of Gilan, was held on Thursday, Mehr news agency reported.

According to statistics, peanut is cultivated over 3,500 hectares of lands across Iran, of which 2,507 hectares are located in Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh, accounting for 71 percent of the whole country’s peanut production.

The fifth peanut festival is organized to introduce the different stages of cultivating, harvesting, and processing peanuts, Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh governor said.

Rahim Heidari noted that introducing best peanut producers and supporting them, developing direct interaction between the farmers and consumers, maximizing economic gain from peanut production and lifting spirits among the people are of the festival’s objectives.

All the programs organized for this festival are peanut themed and are tried to cause merriment among the public, he added. 

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