Two projects of management and promotion of organic matter
of agricultural soils and sustainable management of dryland soils with the aim
of production leap, this year was on the agenda of the Deputy Minister of Water
and Soil of the Ministry of Jihad-Agriculture.

Jahanbakhsh Mirzavand told: The first step in managing and
promoting soil organic matter is to identify the organic matter status of
agricultural soils and plains of the country, and then identify substances that
can increase soil organic matter. He said: We have various sources, such as
animal manure, plant residues that can be converted into healthy compost and
fertilizer, storage and return of plant residues to the soil, green manure and
cultivation within crop residues in the form of conservation agriculture, to
supply organic matter to agricultural soils.

Mirzavand stated: Many agricultural soils have lost their
fertility due to annual cultivations and harvesting or burning of crop
residues, because as a result of these actions, organic matter has not returned
to the soil. Nonetheless he said that: We have dry agricultural lands in the
country with good production performance, which is due to the way the farm is
managed in these lands.

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

Translated by: F.KH