The fourth educational, promotional and research tour titled "Comparison of quantitative and qualitative indicators of vegetable and summer varieties of tomato and watermelon products" was carried out for leading operators and experts in the agricultural sector at the Imam Khomeini Higher Education Center (IHEC).

The purpose of this tour was to fulfill the goals and missions of the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad to improve the productivity of vegetable and summer production, and transfer the findings to the farmers in a farm-oriented way.

This tour was held in cooperation with Imam Khomeini Higher Education Center (IHEC) and Iran Seed Company on August 3rd in educational farm number two of the center. More than 80 leading operators and vegetable and summer producers, as well as agricultural experts from government and private organizations were present in this tour.

Educational, promotional and research tours have been held since 2012 in order to improve the level of knowledge and new information of leading experts and users and to increase the penetration rate of technology and agricultural innovations.

The participants of this tour got acquainted with new methods of reducing water consumption in vegetable and summer fields, comparing different varieties of vegetables and summer in terms of resistance to pests, diseases, drought and other quantitative and qualitative indicators. In the end, the experts and specialists of Iran Seed Company answered the questions of the participants.