The 5.75-million-ton figure came together piece by piece. Director Saeed Karimi of the Kermanshah Provincial Agriculture Department laid it out. Crops made up 4.85 million tons.
Livestock products added 601,000 tons. Garden products contributed 301,000 tons.
The total covered one Iranian year: March 21, 2025, to March 20, 2026. Karimi called it a record for the province. The numbers came from a specific geography.
The agricultural area stretched across roughly 903,000 hectares. Of that, 862,000 hectares were arable land.
Only 41,000 hectares were garden plots. The rest was something else—pasture, fallow, or unworked. The people behind the harvest numbered 153,000 farmers.
They worked the fields and orchards. The province also held 3.4 million livestock. Poultry farms totaled 550.
Support came from 55 agricultural centers. Water arrived through pressurized irrigation systems covering 133,000 hectares.
That is a substantial but not universal reach. No mention of how the remaining land was irrigated. Rankings told a story of specialization.
Kermanshah sits first in Iran for chickpea production. Second for sunflowers.
Third for corn and sugar beets. Fifth for wheat and figs. Sixth for saffron.
Seventh for walnuts and olives. The list runs from staples to cash crops. It covers grains, legumes, oilseeds, and tree fruit.
The province does not lead in everything. But it places in the top seven across multiple categories.
Karimi drew a conclusion. “These figures show that Kermanshah Province has an important place in ensuring the country’s food security and agriculture,” he said. The statement is direct.
It frames the harvest as part of a national need. The timing matters.
The record came during ongoing water constraints. Iran’s agricultural sector faces chronic shortages. International economic pressure also persists.
Sanctions and currency problems affect inputs like fertilizer, machinery, and fuel. Yet the province still produced more than ever before. That is the core tension in the story.
A system under strain still set a high mark. Kermanshah sits in western Iran, near the Iraqi border.
Its climate varies. The terrain runs from mountains to plains. Soils are fertile in many areas.
The province has long been called a key agricultural hub. The numbers back that reputation.
The breakdown by product type matters. Crops dominated at 4.85 million tons. Livestock trailed at 601,000 tons.
Garden products came in last at 301,000 tons. The ratio shows where the land and labor go. Grain fields and row crops take the bulk.
Animal husbandry is secondary. Orchards and vineyards are a smaller piece of the pie.
No mention of which specific crops made up the 4.85 million tons beyond the rankings. Wheat is likely a big share given the fifth-place ranking. Chickpeas and sunflowers are high-value but lower-volume.
Corn and sugar beets add tonnage. The exact mix is not in the report.
The 5.75 million tons is a raw number. It does not include quality or market value. A ton of saffron is worth far more than a ton of wheat.
But the volume alone signals capacity. The land produced. The farmers delivered.
Karimi did not project future harvests. He did not mention weather patterns or planting intentions.
The record stands as a backward look. What comes next is unknown. The constraints remain.
Water does not get easier. Economic pressure does not lift overnight.
For now, Kermanshah has its record.
