2,300 agricultural projects to come on stream, minister says

Iranian Agriculture Minister Mohammad-Ali Nikbakht said that
2,300 agricultural projects with a total investment of 240.784 trillion rials
(about $492 million) are going to be inaugurated across the country during
Government Week (August 24-30).

According to Nikbakht, most of the mentioned projects are
going to go operational in less privileged regions of the country, Tehran Times
reported.

Projects related to water and soil have the biggest share
among the mentioned projects, allocating for 48 percent of the total number of
them, followed by livestock and poultry projects with 37 percent, the official
said.

Nikbakht further noted that the inauguration of the
mentioned projects is going to create job opportunities for 25,875 people.

Every year, on the occasion of Government Week numerous
development projects are inaugurated in various provinces across the country.

This year too, several development projects in different
sectors including water, agriculture, infrastructure, industry, and electricity
are going operational across Iran.