date:Aug 05, 2013
DuPont Pioneer, a unit of US-based chemical firm DuPont, has acquired 80% stake in Pannar, a South African seed firm.
Pannar Seed, which has operations throughout Africa and across the world, offers seeds of maize, sunflower, soybeans, grain sorghum, forage sorghum, forage crops, dry beans, wheat, and pasture seeds.
This acquisition will enable both the companies to access additional crop areas, reach more customers and deliver improved seed products to farmers. In addition, Pannar now has acc