Iran Press/Iran news: In an open session of parliament, Wednesday 8 April, members of Majlis discussed the proposed plans by Kazem Khavazi, nominated for the post of Minister of Agricultural Jihad.
Upon the vote of confidence hearing the views of the proponents and opponents of the nominee as the minister for the Ministry of Agriculture Jihad, the MPs finally voted 196 in favor and 19 against and 4 abstentions out of a total of 215 MPs present at the session.
Khavazi elaborated his plans for parliamentarians and said he has some plans for north and south seas which creates job opportunities there, adding that he is going to support internal vegetable seeds and increase the amount from 2% to 20%.
He promised to the representatives to get the farmer’s right in guaranteed price and is going to increase their insurance.
The new Minister of Agricultural Jihad highlighted that he will have more communication with startups and knowledge-based companies.
Mohammad Moradi representative of Qorveh, Dehgolan expressed that Khavazi has remarkable managing experience and has a good sense of teamwork while Mahmood Sadeqi representative of Tehran believes that Khavazi’s plans are out of date.
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