Soil and Water Research Institute (Swri)

swri is one of the active research institutes currently affiliated to the “agricultural research, education and extension organization” of the ministry of agriculture. swri with headquarters located in karaj is responsible for the supervision and coordination of research programs conducted by the provincial soil and water research departments operating in 31 agricultural research centers and the more than 100 experiment stations throughout the country. there are 7 research departments in swri, with about 40 scientific staff almost all phd holders, in the headquarter and more than 150 scientific staff in more than 30 research centers all around the country. history after the establishment of “independent irrigation institute” in iran back in 1952 for the purpose of identifying and classifying the country’s land resources with the primary objectives of regulating water supplies and developing the supportive irrigation networks needed for the expansion of modern farming, the “soil fe