The origin of wheat from all over the world is Iran

At the gathering of the deputies for improving plant production of the agricultural Jihad organizations of the country's provinces, which was held on Tuesday, December 17, in Tabriz, Sohrab Sohrabi pointed out the historical and strategic importance of wheat in Iran and the world and said: About 10,000 years ago, Iranians domesticated wheat in the world and became the founders of monoculture. Emphasizing the role of wheat in the country's food security, he added: The first wheat self-sufficiency plans began in the 1960s, and self-sufficiency in wheat production was registered in the years 83 to 85, the 1990s, and the years 1401 to 1403. The country has the capacity for wheat self-sufficiency, but we need to implement some technical and executive measures in this area. Referring to the position of wheat on a global level, he stated: In the world, wheat has the highest area under cultivation of crops with 220 million hectares, and out of 800 million tons of annual production, 200 ...