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Shahrokh Shajari, Deputy Minister of Management Development and Resources, the Ministry of Agriculture Jahad (MAJ), said in a ceremony celebrating the best actors of the agricultural sector in Tehran province, which was held on June 14 at the Agricultural Jahad Department in Rey town: Lack of investment in the agricultural sector has caused the damage to the sector not to grow more. Agriculture sector, which is responsible for food security of the country, is much more vulnerable than the past.

“The country’s macro-level decisions in the field of agriculture should be such that non-specialized banks has to invest at least 15 percent in this field. Also, the input of the National Development Fund should be allocated 10 percent to the agricultural sector while it is now below 2%.” He added.

“Depreciation of investments in the agricultural sector must be compensate by new investments.There is a deep performance gap between premier selected farmers and other farmers. This is a negative point that shows that efficiency and productivity among farmers are not as it should be.” He said.He believed: “The experiences of premier farmers should be transferred to other farmers and farms to improve productivity to witness a great change in agriculture, in this way, officials should provide the ground for investment in extension farms.”

He said that the planning of MAJ during the last eight years helped farmers to be able to increase their livestock production from 12 million tons to 16 million tons. Fishery production was increased from 900 thousand tons in 2013 to more than one million tons in the year 2020, which shows the efforts of fishermen in this field.The value added growth of the agricultural sector has increased from 3.7% in 2013 to 9% in 2020, while the GDP growth of the agricultural sector value added has been less and even negative. Shajari continued: “Currently, the share of the agricultural sector in the country’s employment is about 17.8 percent, which should be noted that with the development of the country, the employment of the agricultural sector should be reduced due to the new machinery.”

A preliminary meeting to set up the Makoran Agricultural Development Support Fund with the presence of the Director of Operations Development and Productivity Improvement of the SFIDA, Director General of Far Water Fisheries (Chabahar County) of the Agricultural Development Fund of Sistan and Baluchestan province, the directors of Agriculture Jahad in Chabahar, Konarak, Dashtiari counties, a number of farmers and organizations in the agricultural sector was held on May 27 2021.

Houshang Mohammadi, Director of Operations Development and Productivity Improvement of the SFIDA announced in this meeting: Fund for Support of Development of the Agricultural Sector of Makoran Region with the participation of the government and farmers and organizations in Chabahar, Konarak And Dashtiari with the aim of

1.      Helping producers and providing suitable conditions for economic production

2.      Creating incentives for stabilization and promotion of added value and

3.      Finally helping to develop the agricultural sector using the legal capacity of Article 12 of the Law on the Ministry of Agriculture Jahad and Article 17 of the Law on Increasing Agriculture productivity and natural resources are formed.

The capital of this Fund will be reached to 1000 billion Rials over five years, Mohammadi added. The initial capital of 100 billion will be provided with the participation of producers in different agricultural sectors of Makoran region (Chabahar, Konarak and Dashtiari) and the government. The shareholders of the fund are coming from natural and legal persons of agricultural operators in Makoran region.So far, 162 funds to support the development of the agricultural sector at the provincial, specialized-product levels, rural and nomadic women, natural resources, urban and regional with a capital of more than 24 thousand billion Rials with government participation and 8144 organizations consist of more than 125000 farmers and producers in the agricultural sector. This Fund will be the second Fund to support the Agriculture sector of the Makoran region.

Founding meeting of Andimeshk Agricultural Development Support Fund with the presence of Dariush Arabi, Director of Assemblies and representatives of the SFIDA, representatives of Khuzestan Agriculture Jahad Organization, CEO of Khuzestan Agricultural Development Support Fund , the district governors of the city, the Friday prayer leader of the city and a number of other local officials and all shareholders with an initial capital, about 20 billion Rials and 120 shareholders was conducted on June 22, 2021 and it officially started operation.

This Fund is the 163rd Fund to support the development of the agricultural sector in the country, the 8th  Fund in Khuzestan province and the 7th city Fund in this province and the 19th city Fund in the country. In this general assembly, the founding members of the board of directors and the inspector were elected and its articles of association and operational regulations were approved.

Janali Behzadnasab, Chairman and CEO SFIDA said, “Supportive Fund of Investment Development in Agriculture (SFIDA) should not only act as a financial source for payment the loans to the members, but also has to plan to increase the export by applying the high capacity of the region. Using the capacity created by SFIDA, a written plan should be prepared and taken for export, he added.

In the meeting, he dedicated Mr. Faramak Aziz Karimi and Mr. Morteza Mousavi as the new chairs of the Development of the Country Seed Fund and Development of Seedling Fund, respectively

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Mohammad Sanaei, CEO of the Seedling Development Support Fund in the agricultural sector and Mohammad Amin Khayyat, CEO of the Seedling Development Support Fund in the agricultural sector were also present at the meeting.

New Year Greetings

By Dr. J.A. Behzadnasab, CEO and Chairman, SFIDA

On the eve of Nowruz and the spring season in the holy month of Sha’ban, I would like to congratulate my dear colleagues and their family the upcoming New Year.

I am very pleased that during last year of Iranian calendar,1399, with your efforts and support, the comprehensive development of the affiliated Funds which are active in Agriculture sector took place and they received more supports than before.

I am confident that by graciousness of Almighty Allah, the continuation of your support and non-stop cooperation and efforts with full of creativity, these Funds will provide more services to agriculture and farmers of the country, especially investing on production chains, development of Contract farming, technology advancement in agriculture sector, and development of knowledge-based companies. Therefore, we are wishing and expecting increasingly successful of the all Funds.

From my deep heart, I wish you and your esteemed family a long lasting health, dignity and pride.

A preliminary meeting to set up the Makoran Agricultural Development Support Fund with the presence of the Director of Operations Development and Productivity Improvement of the SFIDA, Director General of Far Water Fisheries (Chabahar County) of the Agricultural Development Fund of Sistan and Baluchestan province, the directors of Agriculture Jahad in Chabahar, Konarak, Dashtiari counties, a number of farmers and organizations in the agricultural sector was held on May 27 2021.

Hooshang Mohammadi, Director of Operations Development and Productivity Improvement of the SFIDA announced in this meeting: Fund for Support of Development of the Agricultural Sector of Makoran Region with the participation of the government and farmers and organizations in Chabahar, Konarak And Dashtiari with the aim of

1.      Helping producers and providing suitable conditions for economic production

2.      Creating incentives for stabilization and promotion of added value and

3.      Finally helping to develop the agricultural sector using the legal capacity of Article 12 of the Law on the Ministry of Agriculture Jahad and Article 17 of the Law on Increasing Agriculture productivity and natural resources are formed.

The capital of this Fund will be reached to 1000 billion Rials over five years, Mohammadi added.The initial capital of 100 billion will be provided with the participation of producers in different agricultural sectors of Makoran region (Chabahar, Konarak and Dashtiari) and the government. The shareholders of the fund are coming from natural and legal persons of agricultural operators in Makoran region.

He told, So far, 162 funds to support the development of the agricultural sector at the provincial, specialized-product levels, rural and nomadic women, natural resources, urban and regional with a capital of more than 24 thousand billion Rials with government participation and 8144 organizations consist of more than 125000 farmers and producers in the agricultural sector.

This Fund will be the second Fund to support the Agriculture sector of the Makoran region.