Feeding 27 million people by eliminating agricultural waste/investing in agriculture is three times more productive than industry

According to the economic reporter of Fars News Agency, Mohammad Javad Asgari, head of the Parliament’s Agriculture Commission, said today at the signing ceremony between the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad and the Basij of the Most Oppressed in order to improve agricultural productivity: food security is tied to national security, and if countries plan for food security If they don’t move, they will get hurt.

He said: The agricultural sector is such that with the least investment, we can get three times the productivity of the industrial sector.

According to the Chairman of the Parliament’s Agriculture Commission, we have 4 million agricultural producers in the country, which accounts for 25% of the country’s economy including agriculture and animal husbandry, and is a source of plenty of employment in the country, and includes agricultural products from the farm to the table of the people.

Asgari mentioned the important challenges of the agricultural sector including the crisis and water shortage and said: water resources should be used optimally and optimally because the planet’s ecosystem is messed up and unpredictable. Indiscriminate use of underground water tables and land subsidence has taken place in the country, and this process must be stopped.

He said: The growth of knowledge-based companies in our country is 4%, which is far behind the world. Currently, we have 7,000 members of the agricultural faculty, 2,500 researchers and promoters in the Agricultural Research Organization, and 1,800 professors in the Azad University in the agricultural sector. We have 250,000 agricultural graduates while our agricultural growth rate is only 4%.

The chairman of the parliament’s agriculture commission also said: Currently, 30 percent of our agricultural production is turned into waste, which if we control this waste, it can provide food for 27 million people.

Referring to the organic nature of Iran’s agricultural products, Asgari said: Our neighboring countries with a population of 500 million people are a good market for exports, and we must plan for exports to these countries, and if agricultural exports flourish, we can close the oil taps.

He also said: If we spend 1000 Tomans in the health sector of agricultural products, 10 thousand Tomans will be saved in the healthcare sector. and use without fertilizers and poisons.

Stating that the parliament is ready to help in the development of the agricultural sector, this member of the parliament said: The agricultural sector can be a leader both in the field of employment and in the knowledge-based field, and we seriously support this sector in the issue of food security.

He also mentioned the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and said: This conflict has affected the food security of many countries and we must take effective steps in the field of food security.

According to Fars, at the end of this ceremony, the agreement between the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad and the Basij Organization was signed by the Minister of Agricultural Jihad and the head of the Basij Organization of the Underprivileged.

In this ceremony, Seyyed Javad Sadatinejad, Minister of Jihad Agriculture, told reporters: According to this agreement, the security of the agricultural sector in basic products such as wheat, barley, oilseeds and red meat should be improved within a 7-year period.

He also said: According to the president’s order, our duty in the agricultural jihad, based on the transformation document of the 13th government, is to increase self-sufficiency and food security with an emphasis on the production of cheap, halal, clean and Iranian food, and in this context, the capacity of mobilization and the capacity of the people to realize this We use food safety.

Referring to the operational gap between the provinces and agricultural operators, the Minister of Jihad Agriculture said: Using this plan, this operational gap should be reduced, and in some provinces the gap between ordinary farmers and advanced farmers is more than 15 times, and by eliminating this gap, we can increase productivity in Increase the agricultural sector.

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