The problems that migrate with nomads!

Nomads means tribe, and nomadic society is a society that has a tribal social structure and provides its livelihood mostly through animal husbandry.

After the urban and rural society, the nomadic society has distinct biological aspects and includes the title of the third society, which includes aspects that include tribal dependence and having a common tribal territory. Nomads are divided into nomadic and settled groups, each of which has its own concept and characteristics.

The nomadic population of the central province is more than five thousand people, consisting of 770 households, and more than 90% of the nomads of the central province live in Saveh and Zarandieh cities, and the rest live in Dilijan and Khomein.

In addition to the high contribution that the nomads of Central Province have had and continue to play in the defense of the Islamic system during the period of sacred defense and political and social relations, they have played a role in the realization of the Supreme Leader of the Revolution in the field of resistance economic policies, but the many problems that the nomads of this The province has caused their motivation and ability to produce more and play a role in the country’s economy to decrease.

Although Isna earlier published a detailed report titled “Troubles of the third society!” “which was published on December 30, 2018, on the output of this news agency, and also expressed the problems of the nomadic community of the central province many times in the form of interviews and reports. The General Manager of Nomadic Affairs of Central Province has explained the abilities and problems of nomads.

In an interview with ISNA, Ruhollah Nizami said: Based on the nomadic organization regulations approved in 2004, nomads are defined as people who have at least three features of a tribal social structure based on tribal hierarchy, relying on livestock farming and a nomadic pastoral lifestyle. to be

Pointing out that Iran’s nomadic population is equal to one million and 250 thousand people in the form of about 213 thousand households, he said: Out of this number, more than 770 nomadic households with a population equal to five thousand people are present in Central Province.

Referring to the establishment of the nomadic affairs department of the central province since 1362, he said: since most of the nomads of the central province live temporarily in Saveh and Zarandiyeh, the administrative structure of the province has been transferred to Saveh and the general administration of nomadic affairs of the province is located in this city, and it can be said that The only general office that is located outside the provincial capital is the nomadic affairs department.

Nizami pointed out that the nomads of the central province include 6 clans and two independent clans, and said: The nomads of the province include the Shahson clan, the Mughan clan, the Kurd Kalhor clan, the Sangsari clan, the Zand clan, the Zalki clan, and two independent Khorasani Arab clans and the Kalle Kuhi clan. are.

He went on to emphasize that nomads are the inheritors and preservers of the country’s ancient heritage and traditions and can play a role as a passive defense, adding: If we want to find our past customs, we should search in the nomadic society.

He pointed to the tourist attractions in nomadic areas and added: Nomads adapt to any environmental conditions even in severe drought due to their adaptability to the environment and nature. Membership of nomads in inclusive organizations and cooperatives shows their high role in production and economy of the country.

Nizami referred to the nomads as the front line soldiers of the country’s production and added: Nomads of the Central Province make up 1.6% of the total nomadic population of the country and 400% of the population of the Central Province, but 25% of the light livestock of the province are in the possession of the nomads and a quarter of the meat The red produced in the province is supplied by the nomads.

He stated that the average number of livestock belonging to each nomadic household in the whole country is 190 heads, and added: This amount is 290 heads in the central province, which shows the strong role of the nomads of this province in the field of production.

He added: five thousand tons of red meat, 2,400 tons of milk and dairy products, 620 square meters of handicrafts such as carpets, rugs, carpets, etc., 10,000 tons of garden products and 11,000 tons of agricultural products including barley, alfalfa (more is self-consumption) produced by the nomads of the central province.

This official in the nomadic affairs of the Central Province, referring to the wear and tear of the old way of nomadic migration, said: Part of the 770 nomadic families of the Central Province roam and set up tents in the villages and villages, but the majority of the population lives permanently in the villages and during the summer season. The livestock is left in the alley and only a few people go to the pastures to graze the livestock. Therefore, horticultural and agricultural productions are carried out by living in summer cottages.

Referring to the decrease in per capita consumption of red meat affected by the increase in price in recent years, he said: the decrease in consumption of red meat led to a decrease in the demand for the purchase of livestock, which, with the announcement of the directive on the export of live livestock, the surplus livestock of nomads were exported through cooperative organizations. In this way they were supported. Also, the Livestock Support Company supported them by purchasing a number of surplus livestock.

He also mentioned the dairy products of the nomads and stating that most of the dairy products produced by the nomads of the province are for self-consumption, he said: the surplus dairy products of the nomads are offered to consumers through cooperative organizations.

The General Director of Nomadic Affairs of the Central Province further considered the lack of water as the most important problem of the nomads and added: the implementation of the water supply complex project of the villages of the fourth part of Zarandieh city in order to solve the drinking water problem of the nomads of the province, was an operation in which 16 nomadic villages included 70 households. Nomads and 150 animals benefited from safe and sanitary water, which took about four years to complete at a cost of 23 billion tomans.

He went on to say: Currently, 75% of the nomads of the central province use safe and healthy drinking water, and 64% have access to proper roads, 85% to electricity, 70% to health services, and 100% to fossil fuel. They have these facilities, while many tribes of other provinces use vegetable fuel for cooking.

Pointing out that seven special water supply projects for the nomads are being implemented, he said: With the use of these projects, the indicator of the nomads’ access to safe and sanitary water will reach 100%.

Nizami also pointed to the recent visit of the head of the country’s nomads organization to the nomads of the province on the sidelines of the government delegation’s visit and said: With the follow-up of the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad and the government’s special attention to the nomads, a favorable budget was allocated in this field, which is an effective step in supporting production. Based on this, in the form of the approval of the government delegation, a total of 270 billion tomans were allocated to the nomadic sector of Central Province, of which 100 billion tomans will be spent in the field of roads and 80 billion tomans in the field of sustainable water supply.

Pointing out that we will increase the availability of nomads to 90% in the next three years, he added: increasing the share of nomads in the agricultural sector investment support fund is on the agenda, and in this regard, 30 billion tomans of credit is considered. . Also, 20 billion Tomans of credit has been approved in order to increase productivity and improve the education and promotion of nomads.

Stating that the supply of livestock is one of the other problems of the nomads, he said: More support from the government by the Livestock Affairs Support Company in order to buy the surplus livestock of the nomads will solve their concerns and they will start producing livestock with more confidence.

This official in the nomadic affairs of the central province emphasized: despite the directive issued by the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad last year regarding the purchase of nomadic surplus livestock through the Livestock Affairs Support Company, there were shortcomings in this regard and only a few livestock were purchased. And this instruction was not implemented well.

Stating that the nomads are the most deprived section of the society, he said: The first group to face the big problem of drought are the nomads who face a lot of hardships due to the lack of fodder and spring water in livestock production. The impoverishment of the pastures causes the nomads to buy the fodder they need, and due to the removal of the preferred currency, many problems have arisen in providing inputs for the nomadic community, and the nomadic government should consider it special.

He added: Based on Article 17 of the Nomadic Organization Law, more than 70 government agencies and institutions are required to allocate a part of their annual credits to nomadic areas in proportion to the population, and provincial administrators are expected to pay special attention to nomads.

Nizami called for the provision of liquidity to the nomads in the form of granting bank facilities at a low rate and added: the government and the parliament should adopt a mechanism to provide facilities in order to provide liquidity to the nomads to support the production of livestock and livestock products.

He said: Credits in the form of note 16 of the budget law have been considered for granting job creation facilities, and it is expected that the share of nomads in these credits will be seen more so that nomads have the necessary liquidity to provide livestock fodder.

He also pointed out the problem of electricity supply to the nomads and added: Good measures have been taken in the field of new energy and it has been decided that all the nomads will enjoy electricity within the next two years. The nomads who are far away from the electricity grid will benefit from the blessing of electricity through new energy and solar packages, and the nomads who are less than five kilometers away from the grid through connection to the grid.

According to ISNA, when the nomads have a high share in the livestock and dairy production of the country and for several years the slogan of the year has been raised with the focus on supporting national production and production boom, should we still have a third society with problems such as droughts, lack of energy supply, lack of supply Livestock at a reasonable price, middlemen and brokers running from the production process to consumption, lack of fodder for livestock, livestock diseases, lack of a suitable way for migration, medical and therapeutic needs, etc., and these problems take away the life of the nomads.

The most important problem of these days of nomads in the current economic conditions of the country is the lack of buying surplus livestock at a suitable price so that they do not suffer from its sale and by supplying livestock at a suitable price, their motivation to breed and produce is doubled. It seems that the government should adopt a mechanism to facilitate the sale of nomadic livestock and improve the quality of purchase so that the hands of dealers and middlemen are cut off from the supply market of nomadic products.