INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
establish modern irrigation systems for 50,000 hectares of farmlands in the current year (ends on March 20, 2023), IRNA reported.The deputy
agriculture minister noted that this year the ministry has allocated 15 trillion rials (about $52 million) for the implementation of new
irrigation systems, of which 15 percent has been spent so far.He pointed to the supply and production of equipment for modern irrigation
systems inside the country and said: "With the cooperation and help of domestic knowledge-based companies, we have reached self-sufficiency
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.Referring to the activity of 2,400 private companies in the development of new irrigation
