Dorud Pinto Bean Producers & Processors | Iranco
Silakhor plain value chain, threshing workshops and directory of 11 processing, packing and wholesale units
Guide to pinto beans in Dorud County — Gahar Lake complex, Payamnej packing, Delfani and Mohebi wholesale, plus raw-sales and canning gap analysis.
Dorud County in the pinto chain
Lorestan’s mountain climate and alluvial soils make it a top non-coastal legume producer. Dorud County at the Silakhor plain gateway concentrates pinto bean farming, threshing, packing and trade linking western farms to national buyers.
Dorud Industrial Zone 1, the 134+ ha Gahar Lake complex and workshops in Chalan Chulan and Choghabdar cover processing infrastructure—yet over 80% of threshed beans still exit to Azna, Khomein and canneries in Tehran and Alborz.
Dorud–Khorramabad transit and eastern Lorestan farm hubs strengthen legume logistics.
Silakhor kernel quality traits
| Trait | Description | Advantage | Use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Large uniform | Even kernel size | Fast cook, retail appeal | Pack & canning |
| Thin skin | Less splitting | Industrial canning | Retort lines |
| Low-salinity surface water | Silakhor & Maruk dam | DRC below 1 | Area expansion |
Value-chain stage matrix
| Stage | Operations | Status in Dorud | Bottleneck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plant & harvest | Pressure irrigation, combine | Wide Silakhor plain | Grain combine; splitting |
| Primary threshing | Air leg, screens, aspirator | Full workshop coverage | Semi-mechanised |
| Colour sort | Optical sorter / belts | Reliance on Azna | No local laser line |
| Retail pack | Weigh, MAP, 450–900 g | Payamnej, Choghabdar | Working capital |
| Canning | Blanch, retort | Bulk out of county | No active local line |
Geographic matrix
| District | Farming | Processing | Logistics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silakhor (Chalan Chulan) | Farm core; Gohr Dasht co-op | Bajlavand threshing | Bulk 30–50 kg exit |
| Central (Dorud city) | Industry, wholesale, IZ 1 | Gahar, Almas Sepehr, Binshan | Central–south transit |
| Gahar / km 8 Azna road | Export-pack potential | Sheds ready; legume line WIP | Polymer & water focus |
Market flow & loading
Post-harvest delivery
Growers deliver to Chalan Chulan workshops, Bonkabad or Dorud entry points.
Thresh & coarse screen
Output is coarse-screen threshed grade for Delfani, Mohebi and Shahrouei networks.
10–20% local pack branch
Payamnej and Choghabdar pack 450–900 g retail wraps.
80%+ bulk exit
30–50 kg bags to Azna, Khomein and canneries.
Active company directory
Plants, processing & packing
| Unit | Location | Activity | Products | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gahar Lake Lorestan Food Industries (Golrang Group)Brand: Golrang06643215001 · gahar-co.com | Km 8 Dorud–Azna road | Large-scale processing & packing plant | Pinto beans, legumes, preforms | In development |
| Alireza Payamnej Agricultural Processing & PackingBrand: Payamnej | Dorud agro-industrial fringe | Sort, process & pack | Pinto, beans, chickpeas, grains | Active |
| Gohr Dasht Silakhor Rural Production Co-op | Chalan Chulan, Silakhor plain | Seed & grain supply | Silakhor pinto, certified seed | Co-op |
| Choghabdar Legume Packing Unit | Choghabdar village | Pack, sort & store | Hand-picked pinto, chickpeas | Active |
Threshing workshops
| Unit | Location | Activity | Products | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binshan Gahar Dorud Threshing Workshop | Central Dorud | Bulk threshing & cleaning | Pinto, chickpeas, lentils | Active |
| Tosee Novin Bajlavand Threshing | Chalan Chulan, Silakhor | Threshing & dockage removal | Pinto, white & red beans | Active |
| Almas Sepehr Gostar Aflak Workshop | Dorud city | Mechanized cleaning & bagging | Pinto, chickpeas, grains | Active |
Wholesalers & traders
| Unit | Location | Activity | Products | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Delfani Legume Trading | Dorud freight terminal | Wholesale & brokerage | Top-grade coarse-screen pinto | Wholesale |
| Mohammad Mohebi Sorting & Trading | Dorud wholesale row | Bulk wholesaler | Threshed & hand-picked pinto | Wholesale |
| Amir Shahrouei Farm Supply Center | Dorud County | Field gate & bulk supply | Local bulk pinto | Wholesale |
| Rad Dorud Legume Sorting & Trading | Bonkabad & urban terminals | Farm broker & wholesale | Premium threshed pinto | Wholesale |
Market analysis & bottlenecks
Final branding and canning margin accrues mostly outside Dorud; smallholders sell cheap to brokers for harvest cash.
Idle Gahar Lake sheds and no collective GI for Silakhor pinto blur product identity in national trade.
Two–three channel colour sorters in Silakhor workshops plus a local retort line using Zagros tomato paste could retain ~30% more value per kg in-county.
Strategic outlook
Activating Gahar legume lines, mechanising Silakhor threshing and a Gohr Dasht–union consortium could turn Dorud into western Iran’s legume finishing hub.
Iranco connects you with Silakhor processors and Dorud wholesalers.