INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
agriculture projects is the priority of his ministry in the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 21) and expanding the modern
irrigation network across the country is of significant importance in this regard.The deputy agriculture minister noted that the project for
implementing irrigation networks in the west and northwest of the country is about 70 percent completed and the ministry is pursuing to get
the necessary funding for the remaining 30 percent.The official expressed hope that considering the budget allocation for the provinces at
the beginning of the current Iranian year, the ministry would be able to develop the project in terms of both quantity and quality.The
purpose of implementing the plan of modern irrigation systems is to increase the productivity and sustainability of water and soil resources
in the country to ensure the sustainable production of agricultural products.Over the past three years, each year, an average of 150,000
hectares of farmlands have been equipped with modern irrigation systems, and we have witnessed a 300 percent jump.The Agriculture Ministry
is also taking the necessary measures for supporting the domestic manufacturing of equipment used in these systems.Back in September 2021,
Abbasi had said that 95 percent of the equipment used in such systems is manufactured inside the country.The official said the ministry has
comprehensive plans for indigenizing the knowledge for the production of the other five percent as well.He pointed to the filters and
modern irrigation systems as one of the main strategies of the Agriculture Ministry and said: "We believe that along with the quantitative
development of new irrigation systems, quality improvement should also take place to improve productivity and ensure food security by
in the field of production and implementation of new irrigation systems as one of the programs that his ministry is pursuing in order to
improve the quality and optimal use of these systems.Referring to the activity of 2,400 private companies in the development of new
