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Building resilience in the table grape industry
SATI has supported South Africa’s table grape growers for more than a century, providing industry insights, technical guidance, training, and transformation support to ensure the sector’s long-term growth and competitiveness. With deep rural roots, SATI continues to champion inclusive development, especially through BBBEE-focused initiatives.
Since 2023, SATI and Cultipowered have partnered to address critical challenges facing growers, including loadshedding, limited energy infrastructure, and access to essential mechanisation. By combining resources through a cost-sharing model with government and financial partners, the collaboration has helped farms strengthen resilience, improve operations, and reduce risk.
This partnership demonstrates how collective action can create meaningful impact—building a stronger, more sustainable, and more inclusive agricultural sector for the future.
Introducing PE11-21: Extending the peach harvest window
A promising new dessert peach, PE11-21, is emerging from Culdevco’s breeding programme for South Africa’s summer rainfall regions. Offering excellent eating quality, firm-melting texture, and high yields, it complements the popular Temptation cultivar rather than replacing it. Harvested from mid-October to early November (weeks 43–44), PE11-21 brings growers a reliable, early, and attractive peach that performs exceptionally well in warmer production areas.
Micropropagation of plum cultivars: A first for South Africa
Culdevco has initiated a pioneering project in which TCF will produce clean plant material to supply South African plum growers.
Culdevco’s process for exporting plant material
At Culdevco, exporting plant material is more than logistics. It’s a careful, step-by-step process that protects plant health and ensures growers worldwide receive cultivars in top condition. From strict inspections to specialized cold storage and packaging, every detail matters.
Partnering with SAPO, we make sure each shipment truly delivers from our orchard to yours.
Cultivar innovation meets social transformation: The Cultipowered NPC story
What if cultivar development wasn’t just about producing better fruit — but also about building a better future?
That’s the vision behind Cultipowered NPC, a pioneering non-profit company reinvesting profits from cultivar commercialization into real transformation across South Africa’s fruit sector. From supporting emerging farmers with seedlings and solar infrastructure to funding bursaries for aspiring agricultural students, Cultipowered is ensuring that the benefits of innovation reach beyond the orchard.
With a 51% ownership in Culdevco and a clear empowerment mandate, Cultipowered is redefining what transformation looks like — practical, measurable, and people-focused.
G4-4040: A top raisin cultivar nearing commercial release
A promising new raisin cultivar is on the horizon. Culdevco, in collaboration with the ARC and key producers, is edging closer to the commercial release of G4-4040—a standout white grape variety with muscat flavour and exceptional drying quality. With top tasting scores, high yields, and consistent seedlessness, G4-4040 is proving itself both in the field and on the palate. Plant Breeders’ Rights are on the way, and the future for this cultivar looks bright.
South African-bred fruit cultivars score high on adaptability
South African fruit cultivars bred by the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) demonstrates exceptional adaptability, says Mishkaat Anderson, CEO of its commercialization arm Culdevco, which had introduced over 150 cultivars to over ten countries over the past twenty years.
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