ABOUT

Introduction of agricultural support services company

Company formation history

For the first time, in the first decade of 1300, an institution with small facilities located in Hesarak Karaj was set up by the then government to import poisons. In 1309, the "Karaj Poison Factory" was built and put into operation, and the production of poisons in the "Karaj Fence Institute" was also transferred to this factory. In 1321, the "Chemical Company" affiliated to the then Ministry of Agriculture was established to produce and import chlorine and phosphorus poisons, and in cooperation with the "Karaj Poison Factory" (established in 1309), it produced several types of chemical fertilizers. With the aim of preparing, formulating, packaging and selling plant pesticides, the license to establish "Chemical and Agriculture Joint Stock Company" was issued by the then Ministry of Agriculture in 1334. In 1352, "Chemical Fertilizer Spreading Joint Stock Company" (established in 1346) was joined to the Ministry of Agriculture by the then government and merged with "Chemical Company" in 1354. In 1359, "Agricultural Chemical Joint Stock Company" was merged with "Chemical Fertilizer Joint Stock Company" and "Chemical Fertilizer Distribution and Poison Production Joint Stock Company" was established.

In 2017, in order to improve the quality and increase the production of agricultural products through the production, supply and distribution of modified and high-quality seeds and seedlings inside the country, the "Seeds and Seedlings Production, Supply and Distribution Company" affiliated to the Ministry of Agriculture was formed, which In 1369, "Sawe Herbicide Production Company" also joins it. Finally, in February 1371, "Chemical Fertilizer Distribution and Poison Production Joint-Stock Company" was merged with "Seed and Seedling Production, Supply and Distribution Company" and "Agricultural Support Services Company" was formed. In 2013, "Agricultural Machinery Development Company" was dissolved and its executive functions were transferred to "Agricultural Support Services Company".

Today, the Agricultural Support Services Company, relying on nearly a century of operational experience in the field of supply, procurement and distribution of agricultural inputs, is the most reliable and well-known Iranian brand in this field at the international level and with the support of a capillary distribution network with 3500 distribution brokers. Agricultural inputs throughout the country and the timely and quality supply of all types of inputs needed by Iran's agriculture are trusted by Iranian farmers and a reliable means of ensuring food security for the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad.




Duties of agricultural support services company

According to its constitution, the duties of the agricultural support services company are: planning, policy making and action for production, preparation, supply, distribution, transportation and buying and selling of seeds and seedlings, pesticides and plant diseases, fertilizers Agriculture and supply and procurement of all kinds of agricultural machines and tools needed by farmers

The range of activities of the company includes agricultural support services all over our beloved country. The company's head office is located in Tehran, and Abike Chemical Complex and Karaj Applied Studies Center also operate under the supervision of the company's headquarters. Also, the company has (32) branches in the provinces and (3) agencies in Imam Khomeini, Bandar Abbas and Chabahar ports, where Imam Bandar is managed independently and Bandar Abbas and Chabahar are managed under the management of the respective provincial branches.


General policies

- Determining appropriate standards and criteria for the domestic production of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, modified seeds and seedlings, and agricultural tools.

- Supporting the cooperative and private sector and their participation in the production, supply, distribution, transportation and sale of agricultural inputs and tools.


- Compliance with environmental conditions in the import and production of all kinds of inputs.

- Saving foreign exchange by developing domestic production of inputs and reducing imports.

- Planning and efforts to supply enough, on time and at the right price agricultural inputs and tools with the necessary quality.

- Creating a context for expanding the production and consumption of all kinds of fertilizers and biological poisons.

- Applying scientific and research recommendations in supplying all types of inputs.

- Marketing and export of surplus domestic production of all kinds of inputs.


Executive policies

- Optimizing, modifying and improving the quality of domestically produced fertilizers and pesticides.

- Increasing the production of fertilizers and transfer of technical knowledge to the country.

- Reforming the supply, production and distribution structure of inputs.

- Investment attraction and public participation in seed production and distribution.

- Reforming the structure of seedling production and distribution in order to optimize the gardens of the country.

- Production of mother seeds of strategic products.

- Providing certified and standard seeds according to the needs of the agricultural sector.

- Supply and procurement of all kinds of agricultural tools and machines with the necessary standards.

Achievements of the company's activities

  Timely procurement of inputs and requirements

- Pursuing the timely supply of budgetary resources and credits

- Exercising precision and sensitivity in quantitative and qualitative monitoring of contracts

- Continuous activity in distributing huge amount of inputs to 4800 points across the country

- Increasing the average amount of inputs provided by each employee of the company

- Correct and accurate management and direction of resources to settle accounts with the parties to the contract so that the company is still considered one of the most reputable government companies.

 - Increasing the accuracy and speed as well as updating the company's statistics and presenting them to the competent authorities