The return of Iran’s agricultural sector
The appointment of the founder of a major biotechnology application to head of the Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII) has renewed hopes that agriculture in Iran is on the cusp of a revival.
TEHRAN — The founder of modern agricultural biotechnology in Iran is back, and with him, hopes of much-needed reform in the country’s agricultural sector.
After an eight-year hiatus under the administration of former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Behzad Ghareyazie was in January reappointed head of the Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII), the institute he established 15 years ago.
