Using alternative feed inputs declines corn imports in Iran by 3m tons

Published 2020년 12월 8일

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A plan to reduce Iran's dependence on livestock, poultry, and aquatic inputs imports was implemented, with success in reducing corn and soybean meal imports by three million tons and 400,000 tons respectively in a year. The plan aims to replace corn with alternative crops like millet, sorghum, and sunflower, in response to recommendations from the Animal Science Research Institute. The implementation of the plan involved subsidies, foreign currency allocation for alternative seeds import, and contract cultivation for product sale. Despite trade limitations, the Agriculture Ministry ensured livestock feed inputs were available to meat and poultry chains. The imports of livestock feed inputs decreased by 10% in volume and 18% in value compared to the previous year, amounting to over $2.377 billion in the first seven months of the current year.

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TEHRAN - The implementation of a plan for reducing dependence on imports of livestock, poultry, and aquatic inputs, in a one-year project, the volume of imported corn and soybean meal decreased by three million tons and 400,000 tons, respectively, an official with the Iranian Agriculture Ministry said.According to Director-General of the Agriculture Ministry's Grains and Essential Goods Department Faramak Aziz-Karimi, the mentioned plan has been implemented to substitute corn with other alternative crops such as millet, sorghum, triticale, vetch, soybean oil, and its meal, cotton meal, sesame, canola, and sunflower.As IRNA reported, the mentioned program has been prepared on the recommendation of the Animal Science Research Institute of IRAN (ASRI) and the researchers in this field, Aziz-Karimi said.He further referred to some of the requirements for the implementation of this plan, including allocation of seed and machinery subsidies, providing foreign currency for the import of ...

Source: Tehrantimes