In a conversation with Mehr reporter, Parviz Karamati said that according to the approvals of the Urmia Lake Restoration Headquarters regarding a 40% reduction in water consumption in the agriculture and modern irrigation sector for saving, he added: According to the approvals of the Urmia Lake Restoration Headquarters since 2013, a 40% reduction Water consumption in the agricultural sector and its release to Lake Urmia has been achieved.
He stated that the water consumption in the agricultural lands of Urmia Lake’s catchment area was about 2 billion 400 million cubic meters, which has been reduced to 2 billion 100 million cubic meters with the implementation of plans, and continued: with this amount of saving 290 million cubic meters in water consumption have been saved in the last five years with the implementation of comprehensive plans for agriculture and horticulture management, water and soil management and extension programs in the agricultural sector.

Karamati stated that 20 thousand hectares of agricultural land in the province have benefited from modern methods and added: 475 billion Tomans have been allocated in the field of network transmission and distribution since 2013, which has led to the saving of 124 million cubic meters of water per year. It became gardens and fields.
The vice president of plant production of the West Azerbaijan Agricultural Jihad Organization emphasized that currently 225 thousand households are making a living from the agricultural sector and added: the government should support the people working in this sector by implementing special projects in the context of implementing irrigation projects in the agricultural sector. .
Referring to the employment of 38% of the people of the province in agriculture, he said: the main reason for the fragmentation of agricultural land in the province is the lack of production infrastructure and the lack of alternative employment in other service and industrial sectors and the conversion of agricultural graduates and other people to agriculture. And horticulture and animal husbandry is putting too much economic pressure on this sector.
The vice president of plant production of the West Azerbaijan Agricultural Jihad Organization reminded: improvement of old gardens, development of greenhouse cultivation, development of cultivation of medicinal plants, improvement of old cultivars and use of early cultivars have been among the actions of the organization in the field of agriculture.