South African
Sugarcane Research Institute

Unlocking the Potential Of Sugarcane

Celebrating a Century of Excellence!

This year marks a century since the establishment of SASRI in 1925. Our story is best captured by our centenary slogan: “A Century of Achievement, A Future of Possibilities”. Highlights from the past 100 years, as well as descriptions of present day research activities and related operations, are comrehensively documented in our 100th Anniversary brochure, available for download from the link below. A galley of pictures from the various celebratory events will soon be made available here.

Download Centenary Brochure

View Centenary Picture Gallery

Innovative Research in Sugarcane Agriculture

The South African Sugarcane Research Institute (SASRI) is a world renowned agricultural research institute that contributes to the sustainability of the local sugar industry.

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

Research Focus

The SASRI research, development and innovation programme is designed to impact positively on seven industry priority areas.

Sugarcane Farming

Useful information about tools, services and products related to various aspects of sugarcane farming.

e-Library

Gain access to all SASRI publications arranged in various collections.

Extension Services

One of the main strengths of SASRI is our in-house extension service. A group of around 20 individual Extension Specialists are located throughout the South African sugar industry, offering advice, support and research outcomes to growers.

SASRI Extension Service also communicates grower needs to SASRI so that an appropriate research programme can be developed.