Iran, Netherlands Sign Accord to Produce Flowers

September 9, 2000 - 0:0
ISFAHAN Under a contract signed by a Dutch company and producers of decorative plants in Isfahan Province, the flora grown in Isfahan would find its way to the world markets.
The provincial agriculture organization announced on Thursday that the contract was signed this week following the First Seminar of the Flora Producers and Exporters Association in Isfahan.
Under the contract, decorational flowers would be imported from Holland for cultivation, in Isfahan, through technical and scientific methods provided by the Dutch company and then marketed worldwide.
The organization said that 300,000 square kilometers of greenhouses and 130,000 square meters of open space are dedicated to flower cultivation in Isfahan Province.
Isfahani producers produce four million stalks of flowers annually.
They also grow 3.5 million decorational saplings, four million flowers in vases and 25 seasonal flowers every year.
(IRNA)