Harvesting more than 175 kg of saffron in Lorestan
Engineer Ishaq Taheri Moghaddam, stating that agriculture and animal husbandry can be the axis of development
of the province with regard to 131 thousand households, added:
At present, Lorestan has 4250 graduates in the agricultural sector and according to the weather conditions
The region can use these facilities for high-yield employment.
He continued:
Lorestan has 56,000 hectares of fruit orchards with a production of 220,000 tons and 41,000 tons of chicken meat is produced in the field
of white meat, which by the end of the fifth development plan should export 23,000 tons of white meat to other provinces Have.
30,000 hectares of land are under pressure irrigation, construction of agricultural water pumping stations,
conversion of water canals to traditional to industrial and concrete.
He reminded:
Lorestan, with its 31 rivers, has great potential and talents for the production of various aquatic species, which can lead to high-yield employment.
The head of Lorestan Jihad-e-Agriculture Organization pointed out:
in the field of aquatic production, with the production of 16,210 tons of hot and cold-water fish.
Lorestan province is located in the west of Iran between 46 degrees and 51 minutes to 50 degrees and 3 minutes east longitude of the Greenwich meridian and 32 degrees and 37 minutes to 34 degrees and 22 minutes north latitude of the equator and has an area of 28,294 Kilometers.
Isfahan province from the east, Khuzestan province from the south and Kermanshah and Ilam provinces from the west.
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