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. Lebanon: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).
Abstract
Iran is situated between 25û to 40ûN
latitudes and between 44û to 63ûE
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; 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
; crops; onions; maize; rice; wheats; lentils; sugarbeet; 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