50% of the country’s dates are exported from Khuzestan
Kaykhosrow Changluai in the meeting that was held to conclude a joint memorandum between the Agricultural Jihad Organization and the Valiasr Corps Scientific, Research and Technology Basij Organization, stated: The main mission of the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad and its organizations in the provinces is food production and assistance To create food security based on the needs of the country.
The head of the Khuzestan Agricultural Jihad Organization, emphasizing that it is one of the most tangible and practical forms of resistance economy in the agricultural sector, said: Endogenous agriculture, reliance on the people, security and job creation are all components of the resistance economy observed in the agricultural sector. It becomes.
In order to give objectivity to the resistance economy, food production and agriculture have priority, said Changluai. The agricultural sector of Khuzestan has a national approach. At present, we produce 11 million and 700 thousand wheat.
He added: The sugar needed by 31 million people of the country, 38% of corn, 97% of autumn beets and 50% of the country’s date exports are produced in Khuzestan.
Changluai said: According to the existing capacities in the province, especially the 550,000-hectare project, by 1404, we will increase the production of agricultural products from 16 million tons to 27 million tons per year, and we will be able to meet the food needs of 27 million people.
He stated: We must take this memorandum out of the qualitative state and give it a quantitative state, and then compile its activity and time unit as a complement to the memorandum in a program.
Changluai said: Once every three months, we should follow up on these memorandum programs and determine our strengths and weaknesses, and if necessary, we should do so.