Sufficient reserves of basic goods to meet the needs of Eid and Ramadan/ why the import of rice was banned

According to the economic correspondent of Fars news agency, Shahpour Alaei Moghadam announced today in a press conference on the occasion of the decade of Fajr that the country’s reserves are sufficient to meet the needs of the people in the holy month of Ramadan and the night of Eid and stated: the reserves in all kinds of basic goods such as chicken, meat, Eggs, fruits and other goods are enough and there is no worry about supply.

Deputy Planning and Economic Minister of Jihad Agriculture added: Farmers’ production is sufficient and a large part of it is provided from domestic production and if needed from imports, and people should not have any worries.

* Why was the registration of rice orders banned?

In response to the question why the registration of rice orders has been banned, Alaei Moghadam said: This year domestic production has increased by 500 thousand tons, that is, from 1.8 million tons to 2.3 million tons, in addition to that, the import of foreign rice has also increased by 146 percent. . Therefore, the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad has banned the registration of orders for the time being in order to support domestic producers.

He also said: Some people who say that rice import from India is banned and it is not possible to import from other countries, is not a correct statement, and with the negotiations I had with the rice producing countries, they are very eager to sell their production to Iran.

* The cultivation model requires 132 thousand billion tomans of credit

Deputy Minister of Planning and Economic Affairs, Minister of Agricultural Jihad, stating that the cultivation pattern plan has started and has had good success during the implementation period since the beginning of October, said: for the full realization of this plan, 132 thousand billion Tomans are needed from the foreign exchange credits of the Development Fund. We have a plan to pay 70 hemats as incentives to farmers and 60 hemats under the title of low-interest facilities.

He called the allocation of this credit necessary and said: The ship model project that was not implemented in the previous decades had a missing link in the name of financing, and now the 13th government has boldly started this work and hopes that its credit will be paid.

He expressed his hope: after the Supreme Leader’s talks with the producers and the good promises given by the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad for the use of the National Development Fund’s currency credit, this problem will be resolved.

* Proposing financing of 1.2 billion dollars of the Ministry of Jihad to the Parliament

This responsible official announced: After the speeches of the Supreme Leader in the meeting with the producers, the Ministry of Jihad Agriculture in 4 axes for the implementation of the cultivation model plan, planting of one billion trees, subsurface irrigation and contract cultivation has allocated 1.2 billion dollars for the use of the development fund. National requested and asked the parliament to review and approve it.

He stated: The production sector is the provider of the country’s food security, which today is considered as a powerful weapon of many domineering countries, and in this regard, we should minimize dependence on these countries.

In another part of his speech, he said that agricultural products, including meat, are expensive, and said: “Unfortunately, some people are willing to even stand in line and pay for luxury cars as they become more expensive, but because agricultural products are for farmers and the lower class of society, the price will rise.” They don’t shine it.

He further stated that the reason for the increase in the price of meat in the market is the increase in the price of inputs after the removal of the currency of 4200 Tomans and said: For example, barley, which was once 2800 Tomans per kilo, has now reached 13500 Tomans, and this has an effect on the cost of production. Lays.

The Deputy Planning and Economic Minister of Jihad Agriculture further stated: The agricultural sector has made great progress in the last one and a half years, especially in the last 43 years, despite limitations such as global warming, climate change, water problems and limited There has been land, but production has increased from 46 million tons to 125 million tons, the most important of which is the increase in productivity in the agricultural sector.

Alaei Moghadam added: Currently, 14 million hectares of land are cultivated, of which 110 million tons are produced with vegetable origin. The per capita production of farmers is 30 tons and the per capita food security of every Iranian is 1.5 million tons, while we have 7.2 million foreign nationals in the country and we must provide them with food.

He also said: In the 13th government, the availability of products is at a high level, that is, agricultural and food products are easily available on shelves and stores.

He clarified: “The water problem in the country is very important. Every year we have 270 billion cubic meters of evaporation and outflow of water from the borders, and only 140 billion cubic meters of water potential, and productivity should still be considered.”

* Why the import and export policy of the Ministry of Jihad Agriculture is regulated under the pressure of unions

In response to the Fars reporter’s question, why despite the economic and food supply problems in the world after the Russia-Ukraine war and the spread of the Corona virus, which has led all countries to adopt strict new import and export policies and focus on the production of basic products The plans of the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad are slow and they are only satisfied with the plan of the cultivation model. Do you have any other plans in this field? And why does the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad adjust its import and export policies under the pressure of unions and exporters and importers, he said: The plan of the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad is on the production of basic goods. The dependence coefficient of the country in wheat is 40%, which we intend to increase to 15% by modifying the cultivation pattern, the dependence in barley is 55%, which we are looking to reduce to 20%, and we also want to reduce the dependence of grain corn from 90% to 20%, and Canola from 85% to 55%.

He also said: We have a plan to hand over market regulation policies, including import and export, to the organizations of that sector, egg import regulation has been handed over to the Homeland Union, and we have a plan to hand over chicken market affairs to its respective union.

* Planning for the implementation of 19 million hectares of watershed management in the country

The Deputy Minister of Planning and Economic Affairs of the Minister of Agricultural Jihad further informed about the planning for the implementation of 19 million hectares of watershed project in the country and said: This project requires 37 thousand billion Tomans of credit and we will implement the work if it is secured.

Alaei Moghadam further pointed to some of the achievements of the agricultural sector during the past one and a half years and said: “Grain production has reached 21 million tons with 17.9 million tons. Contract agriculture, which was 500 thousand hectares last year, has increased to 1.5 million hectares this year. Wheat is implemented. The guaranteed purchase of wheat has increased by 55% from 4.2 million tons to 7.3 million tons. Rice production has grown by 25% from 1.8 million tons to 2.3 million tons. We saw a 30% growth in barley production, which increased from 1.6 million tons to 2.350 million tons. There has been a 160 percent growth in the cultivation of rainfed crops, which has reached 5.2 million hectares from one million hectares, a 110 percent growth in olive production, 114 percent in olive oil production, 7 percent in horticultural production, and 15 percent in greenhouse cultivation, as well as 126 percent in There has been domestic seed production.

He stated: 6 thousand billion tomans are going to be given for the project of fish production in cages.

The Deputy Minister of Jihad Keshavari added: 30 thousand billion Tomans are needed for the implementation of contract farming, but we will advance the work in 4 axes. Engineering is also given to the executors of this project.

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