Rana Agro-Industry Corp. کشت و صنعت رعنا

RANA Agro-Industry Corporation was founded and
established in 1993 in Tehran, Iran.
As the first privately owned plant biotechnology company in Iran, RANA has well over 15 years of experience in the field of micropropagation of date palms and other plant varieties using tissue culture technology.

Iran's unique geographical location and optimal weather conditions has made it one of the largest exporters of dates worldwide.

However, eight years of war with neighbouring Iraq took its toll on the date palm groves where the loss of a staggering 3 million trees was reported.

Since the early 1990s, many government initiatives ensued to restock the lost groves by private and public means. Consequently, with the support of the Iranian Ministry of Agriculture, RANA set up a joint -venture agreement with Date Palm Developments Limited, a UK company, to facilitate the transfer of date palm tissue culture technology to Iran over a period of 3 years.

The technology transfer was successfully achieved by 1996 and was certified by DPD’s parent company, the former International Plant Laboratories (IPL). RANA subsequently acquired 100% ownership of the technology and has been producing high quality tissue cultured date palms for over 10 years.