Iran Ranks 2nd in World in Development of Irrigation, Drainage Sciences
In this evaluation, Iran ranked second in the world with the publication of 215 scientific research articles, after China and above India and the US, with researchers from the University of Tehran having made a significant contribution by publishing over 62 articles.
The study, which examined 1,517 articles published in the journal Irrigation and Drainage over the past 15 years, announced Iran's share of the journal's total scientific production as 14.2 percent.
The effective presence of Iranian researchers, specially from the University of Tehran, in the official journal of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), with a history of 73 years, is a clear testament to the scientific and research position of Iran and the University of Tehran in the global arena.
In a relevant development in 2024, Iranian researchers at a knowledge-based company had also succeeded in increasing the productivity of agricultural production and reducing the amount of consumed water by using artificial intelligence and implementing a smart irrigation management plan.
“This system provides a management irrigation plan without the need to install any part inside the agricultural land. Monitoring of farm conditions is done by DSS, satellites, satellite data and artificial intelligence,” Mehdi Qeysari, a faculty member of Isfahan University of Technology and chairman of the board of directors of the knowledge-based company, told ANA.
“The system informs the farmer (in any part of Iran) whether his plant needs irrigation or not, and based on the type of system that exists, when, where and how much (i.e. after a few hours) irrigation should be carried out,” he added.
“This will increase production and productivity and reduce water consumption, and most importantly, it will be profitable to the farmer. This technology does not require infrastructure, the more the production increases, the more it brings 100% profit to the farmer,” Qeysari said.
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