Pannar

PANNAR’s Global Activities 

Although PANNAR’s main business activities today remain in Africa, it is also actively involved, through its own companies and infrastructure, in research activities in the United States and research and commercial activities in Argentina. In Europe and the US PANNAR focuses mainly on the licensing of maize and sunflower genetics to European companies. PANNAR also conducts licensing and sales activities to companies in various other countries around the world. 

PANNAR has its own companies in eight countries in Africa, outside South Africa and sells into many others. It has five modern research stations in Southern Africa, plus two winter locations in South Africa. Seed is produced and processed in South Africa and in five of the other countries in Africa in which PANNAR operates. There are two maize research stations in the US, whilst the station in Argentina works with maize, sunflower and grain sorghum.  Sophisticated laboratory facilities, including pathology and biotechnology, are an integral part of the research resources of PANNAR. 

PANNAR’s extensive research activities in Africa over many years have resulted in a unique genetics library of proprietary white and yellow maize germplasm particularly well adapted to growing conditions in South Africa and various other countries in Africa, offering good resistance and/or tolerance to African pests and diseases. 

While maize is the most important part of PANNAR’s overall business, PANNAR also conducts very successful breeding programmes and commercial activities in other crops. These include wheat, sunflower, grain sorghum, forage sorghum, soybeans and dry beans. In addition PANNAR also sells an extensive range of pasture crops. 

PANNAR SEED is a longstanding and proud partner of farmers across Africa.

We have worked tirelessly since our inception in Greytown, South Africa in 1958 to bring farmers a broad crop seed portfolio, comprising maize, sunflower, soybeans, dry beans, grain sorghum, wheat and forage crops.

Since partnering with Corteva™ Agriscience (then DuPont) in 2013, PANNAR is better placed than ever to provide improved varieties that are important to meeting the continent’s challenge of feeding over two billion more people in Africa over the next few decades.

We draw on our vast experience of local farming conditions and practices to help farmers to manage the risks and challenges that surround them and optimise their yields, while they do their part to grow food for Africa, because TOGETHER WE FARM FOR THE FUTURE.