Abbas Keshavarz: We cannot solve the water problem by leaving the government and water experts to it.
This country has 1.5 million hectares of land suitable for growing irrigated wheat; our art is to maximize the fertility of this 1.5.
We are turning the entire country into an "Aral Sea".
This country has 1.5 million hectares of land suitable for growing irrigated wheat; our art is to maximize the fertility of this 1.5.
The climate and soil of Khuzestan have 350,000 hectares of land suitable for wheat cultivation; the gentlemen in Khuzestan have allocated 760,000 hectares to wheat.
Productivity of staple crops has been negligible over the past 28 years; increased production has relied solely on increased area.
We must provide technology to our farmers.
The technology to increase productivity exists, but we are not willing to say, "We don't know!"
Conversation between Mohammad Darvish and Abbas Keshavarz on Echo Iran
