To produce healthy and safe products, healthy basic resources (soil, water and air) are needed along with proper management using healthy and safe inputs. Impairment of any of these factors and consequently food health causes problems in consumer health; therefore, contamination should be observed in the soil, water and air system with a comprehensive view.
    Predicting the contamination of soil resources and their treatment requires a proper understanding of the processes that control the fate of contaminants in the soil environment and the dynamics of contaminants in the soil. In relation to contaminant elements and compounds, accuracy in the results is of great importance for the following reasons: 1) due to low concentrations, 2) more wide interactions with other elements, and 3) due to the sensitivities of measuring laboratory instruments.
    Investigating the reports of studies conducted by some research and development groups shows some contradictions in the results and interpretations. An accurate investigation of the methods of sampling, preparation, extraction and instrumental measurements and how to express the results shows that in many cases the standard conditions and scientific principles have not been observed to achieve reliable results. In fact, contamination of heavy elements is not widespread in the whole country, but according to geological formations or sources of contamination, it exists locally which requires their identification and zoning at a manageable scale.
    In addition to the quality of soil resources, agriculture can play a significant role in the quality of water resources. Contamination of water resources, especially potable water, is one of the current concerns of human beings and the agricultural sector is considered as one of its contaminants. Although, it should not be forgotten that the agricultural sector itself is a victim of the use of sewage and contaminated water, through the plant, endangers the health of consumers or harms the farmers themselves. According to what was mentioned, this program will be done in the following axes

Program Objectives
•    Identifying and determining areas of soils contaminated with heavy metals to change the cultivation pattern and their possible cleaning 
•    Feasibility study of sustainable use of municipal wastewater in agricultural lands according to the characteristics of soil and water resources
•    Identifying the risk of using inputs with high potential of contamination in agriculture

Number of research plans and projects:
•  Plans: 6
•  Projects: 22