Without a question, pistachios are the highest-quality nuts in the world.
In recent years, pistachios have gained in popularity.
This has led to intense competition in the pistachio business.
The United States, Iran, and Turkey produce ninety per cent of the world's supply of pistachios.
Syria, Afghanistan, Spain, and a few more countries account for the remaining 10%.
The United States is the major producer and exporter of pistachios in the shell.
Iran is the largest exporter of pistachio nuts and the second-largest producer of pistachios in the shell.
Turkey's export of pistachios is rising.
The leading pistachio-producing countries have boasted about their past and present accomplishments.
This article will disclose the cake-cutting winners and their justifications.
We also go further into the pistachio dispute between the United States and Iran.
Regarding the Turkish pistachio market, please save your opinions for a later article.
Iran, the nation where pistachios were first cultivated, ruled the world market for millennia.
Farmers throughout the world now have access to novel cultivars that have been selectively developed for desirable characteristics.
Recent cultivars (such as Ahmad Aghaei and Akbari) have a greater production efficiency than older cultivars.
In addition, they have more oil than other nuts.
Due to their high oil content, nuts may be roasted at higher temperatures to enhance their flavour.
New pistachio plants have been cultivated using cultivars.
Nowadays, orchards benefit from improved horticulture techniques.
The Iranian pistachio crop has stabilised due to freshly matured pistachios in locations with abundant water.
Iran's current annual pistachio production is 135,000 metric tonnes.
It is anticipated that production will continue at this pace for quite some time.
In 2007, 267,000 metric tonnes of pistachios were collected worldwide.
The expansion of Iran's pistachio harvesting capacity may be ascribed to a variety of factors.
New irrigation methods (such as substituting flood irrigation with drip irrigation), increasing use of pesticides without residue, and a timely and quick harvest that minimises the time between harvesting and processing are examples of such variables.
In addition, farmers now understand how to mitigate the impacts of aflatoxin on their crops.
Iran's agricultural manufacturers and suppliers have worked out how to collaborate.
In post-production processing, packaging, and aflatoxin protection, modern procedures are used.
As a result, we have been able to tighten our quality standards and raise the overall satisfaction of our global clientele.
Iran is transforming its tiny, family-run pistachio processing businesses into massive, industrial ones.
Once upon a time, the country lacked sufficient processing factories.
Consequently, the majority of its exports consisted of pistachios still in their shells that had opened on their own.
