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Iran producing 90-95% of agricultural machinery for soil protection

Business Materials 6 December 2018 10:23 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 6

By Elnur Baghishov - Trend:

Iran is producing 90-95 percent of agricultural machinery for soil protection used within the country, Director of the Mechanization Development Center of the Iranian Ministry of Agriculture Jihad Kambiz Abbasi told reporters.

He said that the ministry is focused on the development of mechanization in soil protection, Trend reports citing the Young Journalists Club (YJC).

Two million hectares of land have been plowed in recent years, he noted.

All of the equipment that doesn’t excessively disturb the soil was produced by local manufacturers, he said.

He added that over the last five years, Iran has been producing plowing machines. There are also conditions for export of the agricultural equipment to neighboring countries, he noted.

“We intend to decrease plowing until 2022, because this issue has additional technical and economic benefits besides reduction in fuel consumption of tractors,” he said.

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