The new issue of the Strategic Research Journal in Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources is published by the Department of Agricultural Sciences of the Academy.

It includes six articles by scholars and experts in different fields of agriculture and natural resources, statements of the seminars held by the Department, abstracts of articles in English, and authors’ guide.

The titles of the articles published in the issue are as follows:

- Four Decades of Research on Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Cultivation in Southern Iran: A Review
A. Darabi; A. Aien

- Species Diversity of Important Forest Communities in Patum District, Kheyrud Forest
J. Feghhi; M. Zobeiri; M.R. Marvi Mohadjer; Y. Erfanifard

- Strategies Approach to Control Wind Erosion in the Sistan Sand Transport Corridors
H.R. Abbasi

- Documentary Analysis of New Irrigation and Agricultural Water Technologies and their Possible Application in Iran
J. Bazrafshan; A. Khalili; S. Zand-Parsa; A.R. Sepaskhah; A. Alizadeh; J. Farhoodi

- Investigation on Iran Playas: A Case Study of Lut Desert
H. Ahmadi

- Main Approaches and Designing Frameworks for Comprehensive Program for Monitoring the Country's Natural Resources
Y. Parvizi; M. Arabkhedri