Deputy Minister of Agriculture emphasizing that we guarantee self-sufficiency in wheat crop in the next few years without increasing the cultivation level of this crop in the country said: We should strive to increase crop productivity, increase crop productivity It benefits both the farmer and the country’s GDP.

According to Abbas Keshavarz, due to increased runoff in the southern areas of the country, rice production in the current crop year has reached 2 million and 900 thousand tons, which is estimated to average annual consumption of 3 million and 200 thousand tons.

He said that the record for the first time in the rice crop production sector was recorded for the first time in the autumn crop conference of farmers in Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari province.

The official said: “If the self-sustaining self-sufficiency of this product is sustained and eliminated by imports, it will save the country more than $ 1.5 billion a year.”

The deputy minister of agriculture also announced the production of 14 million tons of wheat crop this year, and said that while the country’s wheat consumption is 11.5 million tons annually.

Pointing to the supply of460, 000 tonnes of modified wheat seeds nationwide for autumn cultivation this year, he stressed: “There is no limit to the distribution of wheat seed and chemical fertilizers required by farmers.”

The farmer pointed to the increase in oilseed crop production from 60,000 tonnes to 360,000 tonnes last year, adding that with new government policies to increase oilseed production, the next year’s canola crop production will reach more than 750,000 tonnes. .

He estimated the export of crops abroad to be $ 6.5 billion last year, and said that the bulk of exports of pistachio, apple, grape and date crops and the major crop exports were vegetables and vegetables.

The Deputy Minister of Agriculture emphasizing that we guarantee self-sufficiency in wheat crop in the next few years without increasing the cultivation level of this crop in the country, said: We should try to increase crop productivity, which benefits both the farmer and the gross domestic product.

He said that the amount of sugar needed in the country is 2,000,200 tons per year and said: in year 1396 with the production of 2 million tons of sugar reached the self-sufficiency.

The farmer noted that only 1 percent of the country’s agricultural soil contains organic matter, adding that we should strive to increase the productivity of the soil by increasing organic matter in the soil.