Iran, Uzbekistan to Broaden Cooperation in Agricultural Sector

Head of Iran's Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO) Seyed Mojtaba Khayyam Nekouei in his meeting with the head of the Iran-Uzbekistan Trade Center in Tashkent on Saturday emphasized that the two countries enjoy high potential to develop their cooperation in the agricultural sector.

The deputy minister of agriculture also emphasized the investment of Iranians in the field of agriculture and the transfer of technical know-how and knowledge.

Khayyam Nekouei also visited the Uzbekistan Innovation Center and said that the success of the center requires getting more familiar with the technical and scientific capacities of the Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization.

The head of the Iran-Uzbekistan Trade Center, for his part, pointed to the great investment capacities in Uzbekistan and added that for more than two decades the Center has been active in Uzbekistan in the field of farming aquatic animals including raising warm-water fish.

The Uzbekistan Innovation Center is an active knowledge-based company working in the fields of medical equipment, mine, and renewable energy.

Sharing the technical know-how and technology of manufacturing agricultural machinery is the most important task of the center.