About Us

Kermanshah province is located in west of Iran. Kermanshah is a border province that has a 200-kilometer border with Iraq in the west of the province. Also, Kourdestan province to the North, Hamedan province to the east, Lorestan province to the Southeast and Ilam province to the south surrounds the province. Total area of this province is about 2500000 ha. Population is about 2,000,000 people. This province has mountainous areas with a maximum altitude of 3400 meters above sea the level (Kohe Prav) and plain areas with a minimum altitude of 720 meters above sea level (Soomar Plain). For the time being the area of commercial forest, rangeland and arable lands are 520,000, 1,100,000, and 820,000 hectares, respectively. Oak (Quercuse brantii) is the dominant species in the forest. The average annual rainfall and temperature are 450 mm and 16.9 ˚C, respectively.

Since there are agricultural production fields in Kermanshah province and the cultivation of important and strategic crops such as wheat, barley, chickpeas, sugar beet, etc., have a significant contribution to the production of our country, this province is considered one of the important agricultural and animal husbandry regions of the country. Based on the amount of production of strategic products such as wheat, barley, chickpeas and livestock products (milk, beef and eggs), Kermanshah province ranks first to fourth.
Agricultural development undoubtedly owes to practical research, education and transfer of research findings that have been carried out over decades of research. The first research unit of Kermanshah Province is Kermanshah Seed and Plant Breeding Department, which was established in 1340. With the increase of research activities, "Kermanshah Agriculture and Natural Resources Research and Education Center" was established.

Kermanshah Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center aiming to reduce poverty and improve food security as well as sustainability of ecosystem has developed research programs and science production in the field of agriculture and natural resources. The Kermanshah Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center involves the 8 research departments as follows: agricultural sciences and horticulture, animal sciences, Economic - social and extension of agriculture, Plant protection, forest and rangeland, soil protection and watershed, soil and water, sugar beet. Furthermore, there are 5 research stations, 6 specific laboratories and 2 training sites (Mahidasht and Sarpool Zahab). There are 30 academic members, 9 researchers, and 101 support staff working at the Kermanshah Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center .

Introducing Kermanshah Agriculture and Natural Resources Research and Education Center

Goals and tasks

Kermanshah Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, as one of the centers under the Agricultural Research, Education and Promotion Organization, is in charge of agricultural research, natural resources, and agricultural Education in Kermanshah province. After about 5 decades of activity in the form of different administrative structures, this center was merged with Kermanshah Agricultural Jihad Education Center in 2015 and after that it operates under the name "Kermanshah Province Agriculture and Natural Resources Research and Education Center".

Food security and the economic role of this sector in the business environment of the country is a subject of continuous importance in today's changing world, which not only has not lost its importance so far, but it is unlikely to see a sign of its importance decreasing.

Based on this, the need for continuous specialized research in agriculture (which experience has shown has never been a one-dimensional issue), the optimal and principled use of resources against what is considered a threat to the country's food and employment today, dealing with diseases and pests that Day by day, they become more resistant to methods and drugs, finding ways to maintain and use natural resources properly for future generations, research in science, economy, culture, market, agriculture, etc. It has become vital.

For this reason, the official agricultural research system, which today is known as agricultural research and education and natural resources, was established more than a hundred years ago as an inevitable necessity, so that by introducing new agricultural and horticultural varieties, Finding ways to fight agricultural pests and diseases, Knowing the destructive factors of natural resources, Soil and watershed management and exploration in agricultural culture and economy, find a way to continue food security, economic life, agricultural prosperity and protection of the God-given resources of this land. In this way, whatever is called rapid climate change, drought and water shortage, inadequacy of traditional agricultural methods, effective and preventive fight against diseases and pests, etc., all of them are not the result of specialized research in this field. show On the other side of these threats-opportunities, the application of research findings and achievements is seen as the complementary link of this process. There is no doubt that not transferring these achievements to the target community, including: farmers, experts, etc., destroys the justification of the necessity of this process and it is necessary to use a specialized department to carry out this important activity. In the Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, this task has been assigned to two agricultural Education centers in Kermanshah and Sarpol Zahab Agricultural Education Center.The two mentioned centers with decades of experience in the implementation of specialized agriculturalEducation with the help of the researchers of the Kermanshah Agricultural Research and Education Center are the executive arms of this center in the field of agricultural Education and the transfer of research findings and achievements that have departments Specializations such as in-service Education for employees, Education for agricultural operators, applied scientific Education, and Education for associate students are performed in this branch.

In this way, Kermanshah Agriculture and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, relying on the mission that has been set for it, is trying to use the power of its researchers and experts and carry out the required specialized research and by understanding the complex puzzle of the influencing climatic and economic variables- The culture of the agricultural sector, while providing solutions to face threats with the goal of food security of the country, tries to be effective in the food security and prosperity of the country's economy by reforming and modernizing the conventional methods in production and providing protection of natural resources.