Dr. Najjar Lashgari, the head of the Coldwater Fishes Research Center of Tonekabon, participated at the 344th session of the Mazandaran Agricultural Research Council on Thursday, July 2, 2020, which was held at the Iran's International Trade Center and Terminal for Rice Exports in the Amol County. Hujjat al - Islam Hajipour, the head of the Supreme Leader’s Representative Office at the Mazandaran Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center, stated: Research is a valuable asset and should be recognized, and failure to support and care for it will result in severe damage. The members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly and the officials of Mazandaran province should pay more attention to the position of research. Producers in agriculture and natural resources must have a research and extension arm. He pointed to the role and position of the Iran's International Trade Center and Terminal for Rice Exports in the field of rice exports and economy of the country. Dr. Gol Mohammadi, the head of the Citrus and Subtropical Fruits Research Center, Dr. Erfani, the deputy director of the Rice Research Institute of Iran - Amol County, Dr. Nasrollah Zadeh, the head of the Caspian Sea Ecology Research Center, and Dr. Ramezan Pour, the head of the Mazandaran Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center, Dr. Yazdan Panah, the CEO of the Iran's International Trade Center and Terminal for Rice Exports, introduced the capabilities and achievements of the field under their management. Dr. Najjar Lashgari presented a report on the history of the center, the goals of the center, the center's position at the national and regional levels, the facilities, capabilities and significant achievements of the center since its establishment, projects to be unveiled in 2020 - 2021 (transferring rainbow trout brood fish with high - health and identity card to the breeding centers and introduction of 50,000 Salmo trutta caspius compatible with brackish water in order to be introduced to marine cages), the measures taken by the center in the field of production assistants and certain researchers and research priorities of the center in 2020 – 2021. At the request of Mr. Kheirian Pour, the deputy governor for economic affairs and resource development of the Mazandaran Governorate, she also presented a separate report on the measures taken and the achievements of the first phase of the macro project of Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) rainbow trout production in the country as well as the measures taken in the second phase and the cessation of dependence on foreign countries. In this regard, Mr. Kheirian Pour also pointed out the importance and position of the center at the national and provincial levels and the importance of producing SPF rainbow trout such as broiler chicken. Dr. Haji Pour, the representative of the people of Amol in the Islamic Consultative Assembly, Dr. Karimi Firoozjaei, the head of the Mazandaran Provincial Assambly and the representative of the people of Babol in the Islamic Consultative Assembly, Dr. Farzaneh, the representative of the people of Noor and Mahmudabad in the Islamic Consultative Assembly, and Dr. Zarei, the representative of the people of Sari and Miandorud in the Islamic Consultative Assembly and the member of the Agriculture Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, pointed out to the capacities of the Mazandaran province in the field of agriculture, natural resources and watershed management and expressed the problems and needs of the producers. They urged researchers to work more closely with producers to solve their problems and increase production. The deputy governor for economic affairs and resource development of the Mazandaran Governorate on behalf of the governor - general of the Mazandaran province appreciated the efforts of all research centers in the province. He pointed out the following: The jump in production in terms of quantity and quality, new cultivars in horticulture, selective breeding of livestock, seed breeding in agriculture, the important role of the Institute of Standards and Industrial Research in the field of agriculture, commercialization, strengthening the economy in rural areas, the use of new technologies, the use of the capacity of the science and technology parks and knowledge - based companies, the importance of export terminals, paying attention to the Rumak Gostar export terminal, focusing the province's rice mills on brown rice, packaging, branding, warehousing, sorting, scanners, alterant industries, processing, production of SPF rainbow trout, which is one of the effective projects for a jump in production in the province and the entry of private investors in the second phase of the project, the use of the capacity of the Eurasian Economic Union, the focus on human – made wetlands from the perspective of fish farming, irrigation and tourism, tree farming and the use of research capacity in the implementation path for more and better production.