{"id":20552,"date":"2026-03-20T20:23:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vastraholding.com\/en\/?p=20552"},"modified":"2026-05-19T21:00:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:30:38","slug":"national-cage-fish-farming-value-chain-vestra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vastraholding.com\/en\/national-cage-fish-farming-value-chain-vestra\/","title":{"rendered":"National MoU to Develop Cage Fish Farming Value Chain"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"20552\" class=\"elementor elementor-20552\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"wd-negative-gap elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-86f791c pageBg elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"86f791c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-862dda5\" data-id=\"862dda5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"wd-negative-gap elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-455f2f8 elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"455f2f8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0d17fe5\" data-id=\"0d17fe5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dc1868 text-right color-scheme-inherit elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5dc1868\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"Articletitle\">Signing of the National MoU to Develop the Cage Fish Farming Value Chain<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-150f9c7 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"150f9c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd4b881 text-right pagetext color-scheme-inherit elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd4b881\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ArticleText\">The tripartite cooperation memorandum of understanding on the \u201cDevelopment of the Cage Fish Farming Industry Value Chain\u201d was signed on February 15, 2026, under the leadership and supervision of the knowledge-based holding company Pasargad Health Industries Smart Technology, known as vastra. The MoU was signed among the Vice Presidency for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy, the Innovation and Prosperity Fund, and Bank Pasargad.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85c06dc text-right pagetext color-scheme-inherit elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85c06dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ArticleText\">This memorandum has been concluded with a focus on developing knowledge-based technologies, designing innovative financing instruments, and providing targeted support to participants across the industry\u2019s value chain. It will also pave the way for structured cooperation among the government, banks, and the private sector in one of the country\u2019s strategic priorities within the maritime economy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1393431 text-right pagetext color-scheme-inherit elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1393431\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ArticleText\">Under the terms of this memorandum, Bank Pasargad, through vastra Holding as its operating arm, will be responsible for financing and providing credit support for priority projects aimed at developing the value chain. The Innovation and Prosperity Fund will facilitate the expansion of knowledge-based companies active in this chain through its support and guarantee instruments. 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This responsibility has been assigned based on the resolution adopted at the 54th meeting of the Steering Council for Knowledge-Based Technologies and Productions, effective since August 2025.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-712dd04 text-right pagetext color-scheme-inherit elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"712dd04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ArticleText\">Within this framework, the focus will be on integrating the country\u2019s financial, technological, and operational capacities to increase sustainable aquaculture production, improve productivity, expand exports, and provide healthy protein for society. This tripartite cooperation, as one of the leading public-private partnership models for targeted technology development in production value chains, represents an effective step toward achieving the objectives of the country\u2019s upstream policy documents in the fields of food security, knowledge-based production development, and strengthening the maritime economy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Led by vastra, a national MoU for the cage fish farming value chain was signed by the Science Vice-Presidency, Innovation Fund, and Bank Pasargad to boost finance, tech, and exports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20566,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vastra-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vastraholding.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vastraholding.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vastraholding.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastraholding.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastraholding.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20552"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/vastraholding.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20583,"href":"https:\/\/vastraholding.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20552\/revisions\/20583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastraholding.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vastraholding.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastraholding.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastraholding.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}