Deputy Minister:

Iran Launches the Seed Agricultural Cooperative of the Capital

Hossein Shirzad the deputy of Agriculture Ministry said: the Seed Agricultural Cooperative of the Capital was developed by the initiative of the Central Organization for Rural Cooperatives of Iran (CORC).

Iran Launches the Seed Agricultural Cooperative of the Capital

MojNews-With two-years cooperation of more than fifty agricultural cooperatives, the Seed Agricultural Cooperative of the Capital was developed by the initiative of the Central Organization for Rural Cooperatives of Iran (CORC), Hossein Shirzad said who the CEO of CORC is also.

Aiming to boost the quality and quantity of the improved seeds, obtaining the agency of the international seed institutes and eliminating the excess cost of farmers ( due to the purchasing seed disinfectors, packaging, and farm monitoring ), development of climate-based R&Ds and facilitation of oversea transaction of seeds, this cooperative developed by the CORC.

"The founding Board and the Statute were developed by the office of the technical and agricultural services of CORC. Meanwhile, they are going to make a call for the holding the first general assembly." Shirzad added.

Currently, there are more than ۸۴ agro-cooperatives which engaged in the improved seed production, among them ۵۰ cooperatives have enrolled in the Seed Agricultural Cooperative of the Capital.

 

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