Iran Sells Livestock Embryo Production Technology to Russia

“Negotiations with the Russian company have been finalized, and an Indonesian company is also applying to purchase the technology. Also, a contract has been signed to export 3,000 embryos to Uganda, which will be implemented this year,” said Mohammad Mehdi Naderi.

“Breeding activities are not limited to cows, but have also expanded to buffalo and camel fields. We have done the same in the buffalo field, and we are currently transferring 600 Italian buffalo embryos to Khuzestan in the private sector,” he added.

“We are focusing on Sindhi camels, which produce twice as much as regular camels and reach maturity earlier (around 2.5 years instead of 4.5 years), and are trying to reproduce them through embryos,” Naderi noted.

In a relevant development in September, a knowledge-based company in Iran had also utilized modern technologies to gain achievements in areas like manure processing for environmental protection, the use of genomics in light livestock breeding, and the formation of pure genetic nuclei of Roman and Blanche sheep.

In addition to producing strategic products like milk, red meat, and pistachios, the company has achieved an important position in the development of the country's light livestock industry by breeding superior livestock breeds including Roman sheep (INRA401) and Blanche Massif Central (BMC).

“At present, our company produces nearly 15,000 tons of cow's milk and 1,500 male calves and heifers annually. It also has 5,000 sheep of the Roman and Blanche breeds,” said Ayyoub Laki, the managing director of the company.

“In this company, we play an important role in improving the country's food security by utilizing a technical, innovative and cohesive team, through the production of strategic agricultural products, including red meat, milk and pistachios,” he added.

“Our company has also gained a key position in the upstream circles of the country's light livestock industry in the field of knowledge-based research by forming pure genetic nuclei of Roman INRA401 sheep and Blanche Massif Central BMC,” Laki said.

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