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IRAN: Container Farming Takes Root In Iran Tackling Food Quality And Resource Use Challenges

Publication date: Thu 18 Aug 2022
Author: Rebekka Boekhout
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“In Iran, we see a lack of advanced agricultural methods, lack of fresh vegetables, high chemical use and a water crisis. We want to be a part of the solution for our society,” says Mohsen Aghdam, Co-founder of Kantikesht.

Kantikesht is located in Tehran, Iran, was founded in 2018 and began as a small greenhouse to raise papaya, passionfruit and blueberry transplants from seed. Today, Kantikesht is a vertical farming company that is using containerized systems to bring fresh vegetables to the Iranian public. Iran has yet to adopt vertical farming on a commercial scale, leaving Kantikesht to pave the way forward. As Mohsen explains, container farming was a natural choice.

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Mohsen Aghdam, Co-founder
+98 912 2118 171 
kantikesht@gmail.com
Kantikesht
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Lead Photo: Co-founders Mehdi S. Aghdam and Mohsen S. Aghdam