The manager of “The Wheat Project” of Iran Sorab Sohrabi announced the beginning of a five-year plan to attain sustainable wheat production by the next crop year (October 2022 to August 2023), NewsGrabb reports citing IRNA.
“The five-year plan is aimed at attaining sustainable annual production, without the need for additional water resources and increasing areas under cultivation,” said Sohrab Sohrabi.
He went on to say that the government will provide support to farmers of lands irrigated as usual or dryland farming.
Referring to the assistance package of the government for wheat farmers he noted the financial aid for the purchase of direct seed drill machines with an interest rate of 4 percent.