Nouri Ghezeljeh: Greenhouse cultivation is associated with a 5x reduction in water consumption

Gholamreza Nouri Ghezeljeh, Minister of Agriculture Jihad, told Mehr reporter about government measures to increase the productivity of agricultural sector as the largest water consumer in the country. Of course, the number of water consumption is a large agricultural sector because it is essentially the country's water for consumption in this sector and the production of food.

He added: “Water consumption is not solely in the agricultural sector, but unnecessary consumption in all areas, whether industry, drinking or agriculture, all high, but unfortunately in the agricultural sector, the volume of water consumption seems high, but it should be said that expensive water and water that is expensive to the country is expensive in the country. Of course, we have to take the issue of water thoroughly, and the more we are in crisis, the more we are in the agricultural sector.

According to the seventh plan, the consumption of 5 billion cubic meters of agricultural water decreases

Nouri Ghezeljeh said: This was not done in the sixth plan (completely) and now the Seventh Plan is scheduled to reduce about 2 percent of the number of consumer consumption of about 2 billion cubic meters of agriculture, and this is only possible through the development of optimal water consumption methods; Development of vertical crops and dense cultivation in controlled environments such as greenhouses or gardens in controlled environment, or the type of crops that are mainly called greenhouses, with the establishment of modern and intelligent irrigation systems, are solutions that we can reduce water consumption by half.

The Minister of Agriculture Jihad continued: Half of the lands that had to be equipped with modern irrigation systems have been equipped with these systems over the years and decades, but half that requires resource equipping.

He said: In greenhouse production and cultivation compared to the current traditional traditional agriculture, we have six times the decline in water consumption and six times the crop increase, which shows how much investment can be in increasing production and reducing consumption.

Nouri Ghezeljah emphasized: As well as modern irrigation systems, from 1 and 2 to sometimes 5 % increase water productivity and reduce consumption, but these systems need to invest in the duties of laws, we hope that we will provide the necessary resources, and what we will discuss.