Venezuela and Iran shared experiences in food production on Monday, as part of the visit made this Monday by the Minister for Science and Technology, Gabriela Jiménez, to the Iranian Agricultural Biotechnology Institute.
The information was released by Minister Jiménez, through her account on the social network Twitterin which he specified that “at the Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology of the Islamic Republic of Iran, we share experiences and the contribution of women scientists in the sovereign production of food for the people.”
In addition, the minister highlighted the union between both countries and the love of science “that places life above capital.”
Development of nanofertilizers
Likewise, Minister Gabriela Jiménez explained that “researchers from the Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology of Iran develop nanofertilizersas well as nanobiosensors, to detect contamination in different systems».
He explained that nanofertilizers and nanobiosensors allow “guaranteeing food safety and alerts due to contamination in water and soil.”
Venezuela and Iran: one million hectares
On July 26, Iran’s Deputy Interior Minister for Economic Affairs, Mohsen Kushki Tabar, stressed that the agricultural agreement between Venezuela and Iran provides for the crop of one million hectares by Tehran on Venezuelan soil.
The agricultural agreement is part of the 20 years cooperation signed in June during the visit to Tehran by the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, in an act with his Iranian counterpart, Seyed Ebrahim Raisi.
In this regard, Tabar stated that this agreement, which occurs in the midst of the crisis of strategic food reserves in the world, shows that “the strong and great Iran has reached a level of knowledge exchange to which other countries come”.
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Islamic Republic of Iran maintain a close relationship of brotherhood and cooperation, with the aim of developing common projects, in various areas, that become welfare for both peoples.
