Minister of Agriculture Jahad who was visiting South
Khorasan province, in a meeting with representatives of NGO’s and elites in
the field of agriculture and natural resources, emphasized the development of
IWM and aquifer recharge projects to revive Qanats in South Khorasan
province.

According to FRWO’s website, Dr Kazem
Khavazi reiterated that development in South Khorasan province should be
water-based. He noted that watershed management and aquifer recharge projects
should be developed to revive Qanats in South Khorasan province.

In this meeting, Dr. Masoud Mansour, Deputy Minister and
Head of FRWO referred that watershed management and aquifer recharge projects
help the underground aquifers and flood prevention as well control of soil
erosion and said that during the last crop year, implemented IWM projects
have stored and infiltrated about 77 million cubic meters of water into
watersheds in South Khorasan province.

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