South African
Sugarcane Research Institute
Unlocking the Potential Of Sugarcane
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.
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.
Recent News
SASRI Mechanisation Reports 2024
The 2024 edition of SASRI Mechanisation Reports 1 & 2 are now available. Report 1 has information and examples that will help in estimating the total cost of operating individual machines or complete machinery systems. Report 2 deals with...
The Link: March 2024
In the March issue of the Link, we warmly welcome new SASRI Director, Dr Shadrack Moephuli, as he takes over from Dr Terry Stanger, whose tenure comes to an end this month. We look forward to the influence of Dr Moephuli’s extensive leadership experience on SASRI, as we continue to
The Link: January 2024
The online version of The Link, January 2024 has just been published. In this edition: • The SASRI Director’s message touches briefly on...
SASRI Variety Guide
Choosing the most appropriate varieties is key to your profitably; once planted, the chosen variety will be in your fields for approximately ten years!While SASRI’s variety information sheets provide comprehensive technical information about our varieties, using them to compare specific characteristics across a large number of varieties will be cumbersome.SASRI
The Link: September 2023
The September 2023 edition of The Link is now available. In this edition: SASRI Director, Terry Stanger, explores, amongst other issues...
Research Snippets 7 August 2023
News on using soil data to improve SSG yield estimates and on electricity load shedding solutions for sugarcane farmers.