TEHRAN- Some 13 trillion rials (about $309.5 million) of facilities have been paid to the farmers in the first nine months of the present Iranian year 1397 (March 21- December 21, 2018), the managing director of Iran Agriculture Investment Company announced in a news conference on Saturday.

As Abdolkarim Razavi Ardakani said, from its establishment in 2005, his company has established 127 funds with the capital of 16 trillion rials (about $380.9 million) to protect and improve agricultural activities in the country.

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