The head of the Agricultural Education and Promotion Research Organization said: Since the beginning of the year, a total of 61 research achievements in various fields have been produced and introduced in the 13th government.

According to IRNA's economic reporter, "Seyd Mojtabi Khayam Nekoui" in a press conference held on the occasion of the Fajr Decade, emphasizing that knowledge-based agriculture is the guarantor of the country's food security, added: 6 agricultural achievements in the week of research and 7 achievements In the blessed decade of Fajr, it was unveiled and introduced for transfer to the private sector.

The Deputy Minister of Agricultural Jihad stated: One of the most important missions of this organization is the role it plays in the realization of sustainable food security in the country, without a doubt, it is clear to everyone that the first issue of the country is to deal with food security. The government board mentioned this issue.

He stated: Also, the Supreme Leader visited the government's economic achievements exhibition, and spent about 45 minutes of his time on the achievements of the agricultural sector and the food security sector, which all shows the importance of this sector.

Deputy Minister of Agricultural Jihad added: The most important mission of the TAT organization is that by conducting targeted research and creating the necessary infrastructure for the participation of the private sector, we can actually take effective steps in increasing the food security factor in the country and achieving sustainable self-sufficiency in strategic products.

Khayyam Nekoui said: Another important mission of this organization in line with the orders of the Supreme Leader is to make the agricultural sector knowledge-based. This year was named as the year of producing knowledge-based and job-creating, and he pointed out that it is expected that in the agricultural sector, the category of basic knowledge will be Special form should be paid.

He clarified: The production of technological products is to reduce dependence on foreign countries. This is one of these measures. On average, this year, this organization has produced one billion dollars in technological production in the food and food security sector. Otherwise, this amount should be in the country's currency. to pay for the import of these products.

Deputy Minister of Jihad Agriculture added: More than 90 percent of the vaccines produced by this organization are for medical use with the production of 19 million doses, 95 percent of livestock vaccines with 289 million doses, and 95 percent of poultry products with the production of more than 3 thousand million doses. Is.

He stated: 75% of the therapeutic serums produced in the country with the production of 155 thousand ampoules totaling 400 million dollars, the production value of these vaccines in the country.

Khayyam Nekui said about the production of technological seeds in this field: only the seed kernels produced by the TAT organization this year amount to 486 million dollars; That is, the wheat seed that was produced in the collection of the research organization to supply the area of wet and rainfed wheat was about 300 million dollars.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture Jihad added: This year, 50 compatible and high-yielding varieties of agricultural and horticultural crops have been introduced to the collection of the agriculture department, and 7,000 tons of primary seeds of crops have been produced in the collection of this organization.

Khayyam Nekui stated: Every year, we seek to increase the penetration rate of knowledge and the level of cultivation of products with primary seed kernels.

He added: This year, more than 440,000 tons of seeds of all kinds of products have received seed certificates in the collection of the Seed Registration and Certification Institute, and this year we were able to monitor the production of 1.5 million tons of seedlings and obtain health certificates for them. export

According to the Deputy Minister of Jihad Agriculture, introduce more than 4 million seedlings with ID, because one of our problems is that most of the gardens do not have ID.

The government welcomed the opinions of the agricultural sector activists in the cultivation pattern document

The head of the Agricultural Research, Education and Promotion Organization, pointing out that the cultivation model document is not a closed document; Rather, it is an open document, he said: therefore, he asked the farmers and activists of the agricultural sector to share with the governors if they have suggestions or amendments regarding this document.

He added: In the compilation of the cultivation model document, opinions were sought from the activists of the agricultural sector, but it was not possible to conduct a survey from province to province in a short period of time.

The Deputy Minister of Jihad Agriculture stated: The cultivation model document has been provided to the governors and it is possible for farmers and activists to present their suggestions and reforms.

Khayyam Nekui stated: This document was compiled based on the needs of the country and it is expected that by implementing it, we will achieve self-sufficiency in more than 90% of strategic products.

Continuous monitoring of aflatoxin residues in products

The deputy minister of agricultural jihad in the research organization said: One of the most important actions of the organization is monitoring the residual toxins in some products such as raisins, dates, and grapes.

According to him, continuous monitoring is also done to ensure the health of the products.

Khayyam Nekoui added: Monitoring of rice aflatoxin in Gilan and Mazandaran provinces is also one of the measures of this organization. Therefore, we follow up the continuous monitoring of the rice product and the products whose aflatoxin is higher than the standard limit will not be marketed.

Regarding the health and quality of agricultural products, he added: Aflatoxin monitoring is done by the order of the executive vice-president of the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad for imported and domestically produced samples.

According to the Deputy Minister of Agricultural Jihad, for imported samples based on the results that we provide to the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad, if the aflatoxin is higher than the permissible limit, the import will not be allowed. Also, for domestic samples, guidelines have been developed that will reduce the amount of aflatoxin in the products. .

Khayyam Nekui stated: Those who follow this instruction will increase the quality of their products.

The supply of health tat chicken soon

The head of the Agricultural Research, Education and Promotion Organization stated that he is looking to reduce the consumption of poisons or eliminate them in some products