Knowledge-Based Company Attempting to Make Iran Needless of Imports of Aquatic, Poultry, Livestock Feed
“All stages of production from arrival of raw materials and production to the final product is monitored and quality controlled,” Amir Aboudi, the managing-director of the company who is a Ph.D. graduate in business, told ANA.
“By the establishment of the R&D department, which is considered as the beating heart of the knowledge-based company, and with the expansion of this department and increasing the research budgets, more high quality products have been produced, specially in the field of aquatic feed which is the key product of the company,” he added.
Aboudi underlined that the R&D section of the company has been highly successful and useful in the health-oriented nature of aquatic, livestock and poultry feed as well as the immunity of aquatic animals against common disease spectrums and in making the country free from the imports of similar products.
He added that over 100 products are manufactured in the knowledge-based company.
Iran had earlier taken a long stride towards food security by launching chicken line projects.
Chicken line is one of the best breeds in the field of food security and Iran is one of the six countries in the world that owns Arian crossbreed chicken line.
In fact, a pure population of special animals (both livestock and poultry) that belong to a specific breed with well-defined genetic specifications and only mate with pure animals of the same race and are also capable of producing animals similar to themselves, are called animal line.
The Biotechnology Development Headquarters of Iran’s Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology has realized the importance of having animal lines and seeks to expand the production and commercialization of chicken lines and revive this important and strategic industry in the country.
Therefore, it has defined serious plans for the development of the domestic market of chicken line in Iran which are being implemented with the help of governmental organizations and knowledge-based companies.
One of the measures adopted in this area is development of the chicken line which is conducted by identification of capacities, comparing the performance of strains, breeding Arian crossbreed with diluted ration and wheat waste, signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to create a support line with Etka organization and setting up a livestock innovation factory and poultry.
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