EghtesadOnline: Iran’s Seed and Plant Certification and Registration Institute has succeeded in attaining the International Seed Testing Association’s accreditation to issue international seed certificates, says the head of the institute.

EghtesadOnline: Iran meets around 98% of its domestic demand for hybrid vegetable seed through imports that cost the country between $95-110 million per year, according to a recent report published by Majlis Research Center.

EghtesadOnline: Central Organization for Rural Cooperatives of Iran (CORC) launches new cooperation with an agricultural German company to import and produce six new varieties of canola and sugar beet seed .