Focus on Seed Programs: The Seed Industry in Iran
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Samad Mobasser. (1/1/2003). Focus on Seed Programs: The Seed Industry in Iran. Syrian Arab Republic: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).
Abstract
Iran is situated between 25° and 40°N latitudes and between 44° and 63°E longitudes. It has a total area of 165
million ha, and at present only 20 million ha is under cultivation. From the total arable land, 12.5 million ha is under cultivation each year. The topography is dominated by two mountain ranges which meet in the most
northerly part of the country enclosing a plateau in the central and eastern part of the country with two coastal strips bordering the Caspian Sea and Persian Gulf on the northern and southern edges of the country, respectively.
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; crops; onions; maize; rice; wheats; lentils; sugarbeet; seed policies; potatoes; chickpeas; cotton; seed industry; alfalfa; iran islamic republic; beans; tobacco; tomatoes; watermelons; cucumbers; oilseeds; sugarcane; barley; maize; wheat; rice; lentil; chickpea; cotton; alfalfa; potato; tomato; tobacco; cucumber; onion; watermelon; sugarcane