Setting up 400,000 jobs in agriculture and food
According to IRNA’s report on Tuesday from the Barkat Foundation, Mohammad Turkmaneh On the sidelines of visiting the Barkat Foundation’s booth at the 29th International Exhibition of Agricultural Industries, Food, Machinery and Related Industries “Iran Agrofood 1401” at the permanent site of Tehran International Exhibitions, he added: 40% of Barkat Foundation’s activities are in community-oriented employment generation and sector Most of the enterprise-oriented projects are focused on the agricultural sector and the field of food security.
The CEO of Barkat Foundation explained the actions of this foundation in creating employment in the fields of agriculture and food, he said: Out of 195,000 community-oriented employment creation projects created until today, 106,000 projects are dedicated to agriculture, food, fisheries, machinery and related industries.
He continued: The launch of these 106,000 risk-based projects has provided business opportunities for 318,000 people in the field of agriculture and food directly and indirectly.
Turkmaneh also mentioned about the support of companies active in the field of agriculture and food: 261 companies and complexes active in the fields of agriculture, food, fisheries, machinery and related industries are under the support of Barkat Foundation, which in addition to producing various products, for nearly 82 Thousands of people have created employment.
He emphasized: The amount of investment to launch these 106 thousand 261 community-oriented and enterprise-oriented job creation projects with a total employment capacity of 400 thousand people amounts to 125 thousand billion Rials.
According to the CEO of Barkat Foundation, food security is one of the major issues that are followed up in the executive headquarters of Farman Imam and the foundation.
Turkmaneh reminded: Barkat Foundation’s focus on job creation in the fields of agriculture, food, fisheries and related industries, in addition to providing job opportunities, has led to the significant production of various products, including red meat, milk, greenhouse fruits, vegetables, fish and aquatics.
He added: Many of these products are exported to other countries in addition to being used in domestic markets, so that 70% of Barkat Foundation’s support and partnership companies’ exports are devoted to agricultural products and food.
The CEO of Barkat Foundation stated about the reasons for this foundation’s participation in the “Iran Agrofood 1401” exhibition: the discussion of selling products of small projects and cooperative enterprises is one of the main priorities of Barkat Foundation, and this year we have special programs in the field of selling entrepreneurs’ products. In this regard, in addition to participating in national and international exhibitions, special exhibitions of Foundation products will be held in 10 provinces of the country.
Emphasizing the high capacity of the agricultural and food sector for export, Turkmaneh said: This year, the foundation will have special support for its entrepreneurs in the field of marketing and especially digital marketing, and for this purpose, holding training courses and launching advertising campaigns are on the agenda. has it.
Referring to the reception of the Barkat Foundation’s booth at the exhibition, he said: producers of agricultural and food products can register their plans by referring to the Barkat Foundation’s application at App.barkat.ir, so that they will be supported after expert reviews.
The CEO of Barkat Foundation announced the special support of this foundation to knowledge-based companies in the field of agriculture and emphasized: using the capacities and abilities of knowledge-based companies in the production of agricultural products and in processes such as planting, irrigation, packaging and processing products in a special way in this year’s agenda The foundation is located.