Mehdi Lotfizadeh made the remarks in a press conference on the sidelines of the 7th International Agriculture, Horticulture, Greenhouses, Inputs and Agriculture Machinery Exhibition of Iran (IFarm 2024) on Tuesday, IRNA reported.
"To achieve this amount of greenhouse production, 30,520 hectares of greenhouse development has been seen in the seventh National Development Plan," Lotfizadeh said.
According to the official, the Agriculture Ministry needs 7.3 quadrillion rials (about $14.6 billion) of investment to achieve the above-mentioned goal. "Currently, the country has reached self-sufficiency in the knowledge and technology of building greenhouses, and this knowledge is exported to other countries where Iranian companies compete in foreign projects with other producers," he said.
Last July, Lotfizadeh announced that 23,000 hectares of land are under greenhouse cultivation throughout the country. The official also said that 150,000 hectares of new greenhouses are planned to be set up in the country during a five-year program based on the Seventh National Development Plan.
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