Iran’s major agriculture hub attracts Italians
An Italian producer of agriculture machinery is investing in Iran’s northwestern Moghan which is a major hub in the country’s food industry, local media report.
The Nardi Group will soon open an office in Parsabad after its chief executive Virgilio Mazzardo visited the region to assess investment potentials, the IRNA news agency reported.
He visited Moghan Agro-Industrial and Animal Husbandry Company (MAIAHC) and local farmlands, announcing interest in investment in the region, MAIAHC’s president Orujali Mohammadi said.
Mohammadi said the Italian company will initially produce agriculture machinery in Iran, with a vision to export them later.
The Iranian Moghan borders the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan and is placed on the crossroads of the Caucasus with its sizable agriculture industries.
Some of Iran’s biggest food processing, dairy, beet sugar and cotton production units are based in the Moghan plain.
The region is also famous for its merchandised gardening and production of organic fruits from over 2,500 hectares of orchards.
