Establishment of pollination headquarters for leaps in
agricultural production

The executor of the country's beekeeping development plan
said: With the agreement of the Minister of Jihad-Agriculture, the pollination
headquarters will be formed in order to increase the quantity and quality of
agricultural, horticultural, forest and rangeland production.

 Farhad Moshir Ghaffari
added that: By forming a pollination headquarters and establishing bee colonies
in agricultural and garden lands, we will make a leap not only in the
production of honey and other beekeeping products in the country, but also in
the production of agricultural and horticultural products.

He then continued and stated that: In the first phase, with
the coordination of 250 unions and beekeeping cooperatives in the country, we
are ready to pilot a significant number of beehives in some agricultural and
garden lands.

He then added that Bee pollination affects the production of
forage plants used in animal food and thus indirectly affects the production of
protein related products.

 The
executor of the country's beekeeping development plan also mentioned that:
According to the latest census in October 2019, we have about 98,000 apiaries
and about 10 million and 600 thousand bee colonies in the country, and Iran is
ranked 4th in the world in terms of number of bee colonies and honey
production.

Source of
the news: Public relations of the Ministry of Jihad-Agriculture 

Translated
by: F.KH