Ardabil should be the reference for hazelnut research
In this meeting, Mansour Haghighatpour, stating that today he does not know the science of borders and can raise the political identity and prestige of a country, said: Ardabil province should be the reference for hazelnut research. The reason for this is the existence of its potential in the province and the existence of Hazelnut forest in Ardabil.
Pointing out that Ardabil province should take national hazelnuts, honey, potatoes and medicinal plants, he specified: After the national prosperity of study and research projects in Erbil province, we should plan for their global prosperity.
The representative of Ardabil in the Islamic Consultative Assembly pointed out the capabilities of the agricultural sector in reducing unemployment in the province and specified: in Ardabil province, 200 hectares can be added to hazelnut orchards and the hazelnut belt can be extended from the hazelnut forest to Sarein.
Haghighatpour, adaptation to the province’s climate, lower storage costs, low crop losses and a good national and international market are among the benefits of the hazelnut plant, and announced the agreement to use the province’s agricultural radiation base with dual purpose and added: We can radiotherapy northwest To produce in Ardabil.
He said: We want the hazelnut project to be a knowledge-based and technical project, and we intend to select the Jihaddaneshgahi of Ardabil province as the center of hazelnut studies in the country. With the formation of hazelnut research in Ardabil province, all student dissertations and research projects related to hazelnuts should be tied to these studies. To do this, we must gather all the potential of the country.
Haghighatpour added: in order to successfully implement the project, a quarterly magazine on hazelnuts should be published and presented to the whole country, and by donating free seedlings and supporting farmers in the form of bank facilities, the ground for the development of hazelnut orchards in Ardabil province should be provided.
He pointed out: Hazelnut research project should be done systematically. This will be done collaboratively, although there must be a scientific and research institution as a coordinator.
At the end of his speech, the representative of Ardabil in the Islamic Consultative Assembly said: I will do my best to help the scientific development of hazelnuts in Ardabil province, at the national and provincial levels, and I will try to provide the necessary facilities and budget for this project. .
At the beginning of the meeting, Dr. Ramez Nasiri Saleh, head of the Jihad University of Ardabil province, said that the hazelnut research project in the province is carried out with the participation and cooperation of all those in charge, said: This project can be a practice of teamwork.
Presenting a report from the first symposium of the Hazelnut Research Project, he noted: In this meeting, it was suggested that the Hazelnut Studies Project be carried out as a national project and receive a government-approved budget. Also, to start the project, a site for revitalization, exploitation, study and development of hazelnut cultivation should be set up in the province.
Nasiri added: Considering the readiness of the executive organs of the province to participate in the implementation of the Hazelnut project, the Jihad-e-Daneshgahi of Ardabil province will use all its efforts to achieve this plan.
Nasiri said: Considering the potential of honey production in Ardabil province, a honey treatment clinic should be set up in Ardabil because 20% of the country’s honey is produced in Ardabil.
In the continuation of this meeting, Razmjoo, Vice Chancellor for Research of Mohaghegh Ardabili University, said: This university, with its facilities and equipment and benefiting from the expert force in the field of agriculture, is ready to have the necessary cooperation with the Jihad University of Ardabil province.
He announced the preparation of 5 research project proposals related to hazelnuts at Mohaghegh Ardabili University.
Engineer Shahamat Hedayat, Director of Forestry and Forestry of Ardabil Natural Resources and Watershed Management Department, also said in this meeting: Despite 52 hectares of land suitable for hazelnut cultivation in the province, the area of ??the province’s gardens can be increased, which in this regard, 20,000 saplings annually. It is prepared and distributed among the people.
At the end of this meeting, Ardabil Jihad-e-Daneshgahi, as the custodian of organizing Ardabil hazelnut research, summarized the reports of the meetings held and sent the proposals presented in the meeting in a letter to the esteemed governor of Ardabil. Hazelnuts monitor. To improve the implementation process, a project manager should be selected for the Hazelnut Research Project. Next year, a hazelnut scientific seminar will be held in Ardabil province. With the assistance of Dr. Haghighatpour, a meeting should be held with the Agriculture Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly on the subject of the hazelnut research project. Hazelnut research project should be done by establishing a site for revitalization, exploitation, study and development of hazelnut cultivation. On Tuesday next week, a meeting will be held to express views on the formation of technical and specialized committees for the implementation of the Hazelnut Research Project in the Jihad University of Ardabil Province.