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
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.
Grower Alert: Dry summer ahead!
SASRI has recently released Extension Newsletters alerting growers to the high probability of a dry summer...
The Link and Ingede: May 2023
The Janiary 2023 editions of The Link and Ingede are now available...
SASRI Mechanisation Reports 2023
The 2023 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...
SASRI Herbicide Selector 2023
The SASRI Herbicide Selector has just been updated. This is an electronic (MS Excel) version where you merely enter....