Project contribution
The project will
- Contribute to the Country Programming Framework (CPF)
- Government priority 1: Environmental sustainability of agricultural
and rural development management practices - Contribute to the ongoing MJA key priorities related
to agricultural monitoring - Improve agricultural production and provide economic benefits
- Support the transition to sustainable agriculture sector production systems through monitoring, statistical data, assessment and analysis
- Support the development of new techniques
- Ensure the right policy and investment conditions are in place
Benefits
The adaptation benefits of the project are related to the capacity
of the project to provide innovative and up-to date agricultural monitoring
and statistical approaches in priority areas.
The focus is on area and yield estimation for the generation of timely and accurate agriculture
and crop information which can feed into the development of scenarios, plans and policies
relating to agriculture and natural resource management in Iran.
At national level MJA and the Information Technology and Communication Center (ITCC) will benefit from:
- Development of innovative and sustainable agricultural methods
- Assessment and design of a robust country-wide agricultural data collection system
- Integration of innovative geospatial technology in national/provincial agriculture
offices to monitor agriculture, generate statistics and provide satellite-based estimates
of areas of crop and other vegetation indices and the status of natural resources - Improved crop forecasting and reporting at provincial level
- Regularly scheduled, actionable crop production reports, developed by the provincial agriculture offices
At local level - communities and farmers will benefit from:
- Agricultural information disseminated through the local agriculture office to farmers
and communities, improving agricultural production - Improved communication facilities and approaches to monitor agriculture
- Linkages between local and provincial levels
- Warnings related to agriculture, water and drought management.
- Improved national forecasts, methodologies to estimate crop yields and other
information essential for decision making
Other stakeholder benefits:
International organizations, researchers and others working in agriculture will be engaged in, and benefit from, knowledge sharing, information dissemination, methodologies, guidelines and participation in workshops organized by the project.