Climate Change Poses a Threat to Iran's Vegetable Production

A researcher at the Vegetable, Melon and Pulse Research Department of the Seed and Plant Improvement Institute said changing rainfall patterns, rising air temperatures, extreme events such as heat and sudden cold, and growing environmental stress have seriously challenged the production of many vegetable and melon crops.

The researcher of the vegetable, summer and water legume research department of the country's seedling and seed breeding research institute said: The change in rainfall patterns, the increase in air temperature, the occurrence of extreme phenomena such as heat, sudden cold and the spread of environmental tensions have faced serious challenges in the production of many vegetable and summer crops.