Allocating 250 billion tomans for cash purchase of pistachios
The Director General of the Cold and Dried Fruits Office of the Ministry of Jihad for Agriculture announced the approval of the liquidity needed to purchase pistachios in cash, the plan for stepwise control of aflatoxin and the implementation of the criteria for establishing and operating pistachio processing units by the Supreme Pistachio Headquarters.
Engineer Ali Akbar Yasemi added: for the purchase of pistachios in cash this year, the amount of 250 billion tomans has been considered.
Regarding the step-by-step control plan for aflatoxin, he said: In this plan, in order to reach the national standards of the country, it will be implemented by relevant units in a three-year period.
According to Engineer Yasemi, the Supreme Pistachio Headquarters of the country was formed based on the decision of the government board in May of this year in order to organize and determine policies related to the pistachio industry between the relevant agencies and with the aim of improving the quantity and quality of pistachio production in the country.
He mentioned the existence of 200,000 exploiters, direct and indirect employment of one million people in the pistachio production process, the multiplicity of related sets and devices and the important role of this product in the export of non-oil goods as the necessities of forming this headquarters.
Engineer Yasemi stated: The responsibility of the Supreme Pistachio Headquarters is with the Ministry of Jihad Agriculture and the Ministries of Commerce, Health, Treatment and Medical Education, Cooperatives, Standards and Industrial Research Institute, Kerman Governorate, Customs of the Islamic Republic of Iran and five real postal organizations on behalf of the department Are private members.
In the end, he added: The Ministry of Jihad for Agriculture has submitted a proposal to the government for the membership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to coordinate Iran’s missions abroad, as well as the membership of ports and shipping to transport this product to other countries, which has been approved.