The registration of the official application of applicants for the implementation of contract cultivation has started
The director general of the Economic Affairs Office of the Ministry of Jihad and Agriculture said: Applicants from the private sector and supporting and leading companies for the implementation of contract farming can register to submit their official application and use the government support in the initial form available on the website of this office.
According to the report of Iran’s agricultural information base (Agna), quoted by the information base of the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad, Mohammad Khalidi said: This form is simple and contains questions about the current status of the applicants and the future plan for the implementation of contract cultivation, and the request of the private sector or After completing the initial registration form of the leading companies or supporting companies at maj.ir/cf, the supporting companies will be checked by the presence of the applicants in the general working group of contract agriculture.
He said: The registration of the official request of private sector applicants and supporting companies to implement contract farming has started since last week.
Khalidi stated that the examination of the request of private sector applicants for the implementation of contract cultivation is one of the main duties of the National Working Group for Contract Cultivation and stated: In this working group, the qualification and eligibility of private sector applicants for the implementation of contract cultivation are examined and followed up.
He continued: The National Contract Cultivation Working Group is also responsible for following up on the official requests of applicants, including in the field of financial resources from different banks, coordination between specialized departments and vice-chairs of the Ministry of Jihad and Agriculture, inter-agency coordination, or issuing the necessary licenses for the implementation of contract cultivation.
Director General of the Economic Affairs Office of the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad said: This working group will act on policy measures and decision-making for the implementation of contract farming, especially with emphasis on products in different regions of the country.
At the same time, he clarified: By submitting an official application for the implementation of contract cultivation from the private sector and reviewing the applicants’ request in the national working group for contract cultivation, the real implementers will be identified.
Khalidi listed the use of capacities and the direction of some government policies and support towards contract farming, such as tax support, insurance and guaranteeing contracts related to contract farming among other measures considered by this working group.
Setting up a contract cultivation guarantee fund
The Director General of the Economic Affairs Office of the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad announced the launch of the Contract Cultivation Guarantee Fund in order to support contracts and stated: We are pursuing the financing of this fund with an initial amount of 100 billion Tomans.
He is reviewing the platforms of contract farming applicants, and in this regard, a number of platforms have been sent to the National Contract Farming Working Group and this working group welcomes the variety of platforms for the clarification and modern development of contract farming.
Therefore, according to the report, the National Working Group for Contract Cultivation has been formed under the executive directives for the development of contract cultivation, and the Vice President for Planning and Economic Affairs and the Director General of the Economic Affairs Office of the Ministry of Jihad and Agriculture as the head and secretary of this national working group, respectively, and representatives from the Deputy for Commercial Development of the Ministry of Jihad and Agriculture, the Engineering System Organization and agricultural resources, the Central Organization of Rural Cooperatives of Iran, the Organization of Trade Unions and Natural Resources of the country, the Agriculture and Water Commission of the Chamber of Iran, the specialized mother company for supporting the investment development of the agricultural sector, the State Trading Company of Iran and the private sector in the field of cultivation are the members of this working group. They form./#Agna
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