Agriculture (Agronomy, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries)

Presence of 10 dams which are holding 420 million cubic meters of water, flooded rivers along the great Aras River and having about 98,000 hectares of arable land and 32,000 hectares of pressurized irrigation network in Maku Free Zone are among the potentials of this region for the development of agricultural activities. Annual production of 260,000 tons of horticultural, agricultural, livestock, fishery and natural honey products in Maku Free Zone, as well as the preparation of downstream lands of the dams in Maku Free Zone for investment by agro-industrial companies, construction of greenhouses and large industrial farms and affiliated industries creates a huge capacity to set up processing, conversion and packaging industries that complete the production cycle and create employment in the region. In addition, production and export of lobster and aquatic animals using the capacity of Aras River, has placed this region on top of non-coastal cities of the country regarding aquatic production.