EghtesadOnline: In line with the government policies to expand its international scientific and technological ties, a joint working group on information and communication technologies has been established between Iran and the neighboring Pakistan.

EghtesadOnline: A recent report on the first phase of FAO project “Improve agriculture monitoring systems through satellite imagery for the Islamic Republic of Iran,” reveals how the introduction of multi-temporal high-resolution satellite imagery enabled the Iran’s Ministry of Agriculture to gather near-real time crop and field information , that can be used for agricultural monitoring, evaluation and planning, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations said in a press release.