The numbers are staggering for a single province. 5.75 million tons of crops. That is what Iran’s Kermanshah Province produced in the last agricultural year, from March 2025 to March 2026. Saeed Karimi, the provincial agriculture director, called it a record.
The breakdown is specific: 4.85 million tons of field crops, 601,000 tons of livestock products, and 301,000 tons of garden produce. But the local impact goes beyond the headline.
This is a province of 153,000 farmers working 903,000 hectares. Of that, 862,000 hectares are arable land. Another 41,000 hectares are garden plots.
Those are not abstract figures. They represent families, villages, and a regional economy that depends on getting the harvest out every year.
Water is the constant worry. Iran’s agricultural sector faces ongoing water constraints. Kermanshah has 133,000 hectares equipped with pressurized irrigation systems.
That is a significant investment. It means some farmers can grow crops others cannot, even in dry years. But it also means the province is betting its future on technology to stretch every drop.
The livestock numbers are huge. The province holds 3.4 million head of livestock.
Plus 550 poultry farms. That is a lot of meat, milk, and eggs moving through local markets and beyond. Farmers here are not just growing wheat.
They are feeding a region. Karimi laid out the rankings.
Kermanshah is first in Iran for chickpea production. Second in sunflower. Third in corn and sugar beet.
Fifth in wheat and figs. Sixth in saffron. Seventh in walnut and olive.
Those rankings matter. They tell you what the local economy is built on.
Chickpeas are a staple. Sunflower oil is a cooking necessity. Sugar beet feeds the country’s sugar mills.
Wheat is the backbone of Iranian bread. The province is in western Iran, near the Iraq border.
Its climate varies. Fertile soil runs through valleys and plains. That diversity lets farmers grow everything from temperate fruits to dryland grains.
It is not a one-crop region. That diversity is a buffer. If one crop fails, others might still do well.
Fifty-five agricultural centers provide services to farmers. That means extension agents, seed distribution, maybe some credit.
The infrastructure is there, but it is stretched. 153,000 farmers across 903,000 hectares is a lot of ground to cover. The record harvest comes under pressure. International economic pressure is real.
Sanctions make it harder to get spare parts for tractors, harder to import fertilizer. Yet the province still produced a record.
That tells you something about the farmers. They adapt. They work with what they have.
Karimi put it plainly: “These figures show that Kermanshah Province has an important place in ensuring the country’s food security and agriculture.” Food security is not a slogan here. It is a daily reality. When a province like Kermanshah hits a record, it means more grain in the silos.
More oil in the presses. More food on tables across Iran.
The numbers also tell a story of scale. 5.75 million tons is a lot to move. Trucks, trains, storage. The harvest does not end in the field.
It ends in a warehouse, a mill, a market. The province has to have the logistics to get it there.
For the farmers of Kermanshah, this record is not just a number. It is a year of work. Good rain, maybe.
Good prices. Good luck with pests. Or just hard work paying off.
Whatever the mix, they did it. And they did it under constraints that would break many other agricultural regions.
