Overview Of SASRI
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Welcome to SASRI
 

Recent Developments

 

 

  

The May 2013 edition of The Link has been published. It contains useful information on sustainable sugarcane farming with some emphasis on the SUSFARMS farm management system.

Also in this edition, among others, are articles on sugarcane flowering, carry-over cane, drought tolerance of coastal varieties, healthy root systems and variable speed drives for irrigation systems.

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The 2013 versions of SASRI's Mechanisation Reports have just been released, and are available by selecting the links below:

Report 1: Costing Machinery Systems

Report 2: Systems and costs of land preparation, planting and ratoon management. 
 

The South African Sugarcane Research Institute (SASRI) is a world renowned agricultural research institute at the forefront of a thriving sugar industry.

Research at SASRI is clustered within four multidisciplinary programmes, namely Variety Improvement, Crop Protection, Crop Performance & Management Systems Design & Optimisation.

An Extension Service provides the essential link between researchers and sugarcane farmers. SASRI also offers a range of services including fertiliser advice, disease diagnoses and education courses.