Qanat Irrigated Agricultural Heritage Systems).  Proposal for Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) of  Kashan, Isfahan Province Islamic Republic of Iran

Qanat Irrigated Agricultural Heritage Systems). Proposal for Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) of Kashan, Isfahan Province Islamic Republic of Iran

Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)

Year of publication 2014

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 46 p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) The most important agricultural systems such as Pomegranate, Pistachio, and Saffron farming systems are irrigated by Qanat. The geographical regions around the Central Desert of Iran which is also one of the most traditional agricultural areas have been using the Qanat technology for providing water for agriculture and human consumption for thousands of years. The Qanat Irrigation technology and related knowledge system have developed in Iran as early as 800 BC and the Kashan region is the land of one of the oldest human habitat in Iran and is also one of the origins of Persian agricultural civilization irrigated by Qanat system.

Language English

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