Editing Isfahan (section)

===Aquaculture and agriculture===
{{Main|List of canals in Isfahan}}

Isfahan city produces 1,300 tons of salmon. More than 28% of the country's ornamental fish is supplied from Isfahan province, from 780 farms, which in 2017 farmed 65.5 million fish.<ref>{{cite web|date=2018-12-23|script-title=fa:سهم استان اصفهان از تولیدات ماهی کشور در سال گذشته|url=https://www.imna.ir/news/362289/سهم-استان-اصفهان-از-تولیدات-ماهی-کشور-در-سال-گذشته|access-date=2020-09-23|website=ایمنا|language=fa|archive-date=28 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128004543/http://www.imna.ir/news/362289/%D8%B3%D9%87%D9%85-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84-%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%87|url-status=live}}</ref>

Opium was produced and exported from Isfahan from 1850 until it became illegal, and was an important source of income.<ref>{{cite web|date=2020-05-26|title=Afyūn|publisher=Encyclopedia Iranica|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/afyun-opium|access-date=2020-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526212516/http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/afyun-opium|archive-date=26 May 2020}}</ref> Isfahan has a large number of aqueducts, farmers having to divert water from the river to farms by canal.<ref>{{cite web|date=2019-02-07|script-title=fa:مادی های اصفهان، شریان زندگی - ایمنا|url=http://www.imna.ir/news/265774/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B4%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%DB%8C|access-date=2020-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207143045/http://www.imna.ir/news/265774/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B4%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%DB%8C|archive-date=7 February 2019}}</ref> Niasarm is one of the largest [[canal]]s.<ref>{{cite web|date=2016-07-23|script-title=fa:مادی پر آب نیاصرم؛ غصه دار زاینده رود|url=https://www.imna.ir/news/240199/مادی-پر-آب-نیاصرم-غصه-دار-زاینده-رود|access-date=2020-09-23|website=ایمنا|language=fa|archive-date=24 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924104034/https://www.imna.ir/news/240199/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D9%BE%D8%B1-%D8%A2%D8%A8-%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%85-%D8%BA%D8%B5%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B2%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF|url-status=live}}</ref>
From 2012 to 2013 there were large protests by farmers against the Isfahan-Yazd water tunnel. In 2019, eastern city farmers demanded water, otherwise they would sabotage water transfer pipes.<ref>{{cite web|date=2021-07-03|title=Angry Farmers In Isfahan Sabotage Water Supply To Neighboring Yazd|url=https://en.radiofarda.com/a/iran-isfahan-farmers-sabotage-water-transfer-system-to-yazd/29620054.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703092737/https://en.radiofarda.com/a/iran-isfahan-farmers-sabotage-water-transfer-system-to-yazd/29620054.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2021-07-03|access-date=2021-07-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=2020-06-30|script-title=fa:کشاورزان معترض در نماز جمعه اصفهان به خطیب جمعه پشت کردند|url=https://www.radiofarda.com/a/Isfahani-farmers-protesting-in-Friday-prayer/29104426.html|access-date=2020-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630233818/https://www.radiofarda.com/a/Isfahani-farmers-protesting-in-Friday-prayer/29104426.html|archive-date=30 June 2020 |newspaper=رادیو فردا |last1=فردا |first1=رادیو }}</ref> Fruits and vegetables central market is where farmers sell their product wholesale, selling 10,000 tons a day.<ref>{{cite news |script-title=fa:معاون استاندار: میدان مرکزی میوه و تره‌بار اصفهان نیازمند مدیریت مدرن است |trans-title=Deputy governor: Isfahan fruit and vegetable center square needs modern management |url=https://www.irna.ir/news/83503340/ |date=September–October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925105009/https://www.irna.ir/news/83503340/%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%B2%DB%8C-%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%87-%D9%88-%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA |archive-date=25 September 2020 |url-status=live |website=[[Islamic Republic News Agency|IRNA]] |language=fa |access-date=18 July 2022}}</ref>