Iran produces over 550,000 tons of seeds, saves 1 billion
dollars 

Iran is currently producing some 560,000 tons of seeds,
meeting 98 percent of the country’s domestic needs, the head of Iran's
Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO) said. 

“We are producing 560,000 tons of
our needed seeds annually,” Seyed Mojtaba Khayyam Nekouei said on Tuesday. 

Noting that by doing so the Ministry of Agriculture has
managed to save one billion dollars and shrink seeds’ imports, he said,
"98% of our domestic needs are met." 

Seed production is a process with many stages, including
research, breeding, production, certification, post-harvest handling and, if
done commercially, marketing.