NUMPRO – Forum for Nuclear Material Providers
NUMPRO is the Forum for Nuclear Material Providers. South African agents of internationally bred varieties, owners of varieties, tissue culture-, mini tuber-, quarantine- and genebank facilities, as well as representatives from the National Department of Agriculture attend this Forum annually.
Matters related to import of propagation material, varietal listing, plant breeders’ rights, production of nuclear material etc. are discussed. Mr Dawie Ras is the Chairperson of NUMPRO. Annually a representative of NUMPRO is elected to represent the nuclear material providers on the National Seed Potato Committee.
CERTIFIED SEED DISTRIBUTORS
| VARIETY AGENT | CONTACT NAME | CELLPHONE NUMBER | ACTIVE VARIETIES | STATUS | |
| Agricultural Research Council | Flip Steyn | 0828257354 | steynp@arc.agric.za | 2 | Active |
| Dwen Farming (Pty) Ltd. | Chris Dwen | 0826521217 | admin@superfarm.co.za | 1 | Active |
| First Potato Dynamics (FPD) | Theuns Janse van Rensburg | 0827751787 | theuns@fpd.co.za | 16 | Active |
| GWK (Pty) Ltd. | Ruben Rens | 0828094774 | rubenr@gwk.co.za | 41 | Active |
| McCain Foods SA (Pty) Ltd | Johan Moolman | 0828902293 | jmoolman@mccain.co.za | 10 | Active |
| RSA Potato Seed Exchange | Dawid Kriel | 0828071077 | dawid@rsaseeds.co.za | 3 | Active |
| Potato Seed Production | Jakkie Mellet | 0823880527 | jakkie@potatoseed.co.za | 4 | Active |
| Provision Agri-Service | Danie Marais | 0828095378 | daniemarais.pro@gmail.com | 2 | Active |
| Rascal Seed Research Laboratories (Pty) Ltd | Dawie Ras | 0828081683 | dawie@minitubers.co.za | 45 | Active |
| RegenZ | Justin Platt | 0832646816 | justinp@zylemsa.co.za | 5 | Active |
| Simba (Pty) Ltd | Frank Osler | 0647509187 | frank.osler@pepsico.com | 9 | Active |
| UPOT Seed Company (Pty) Ltd. | Martin Smith | 0832562565 | martin@dutoit.com | 2 | Active |
| Vitroplant South Africa (Pty) Ltd. | André Lezar | 0824194452 | andre@vitroplantsa.com | 8 | Active |
| Wesgrow Potatoes (Edms) Bpk | Gerhard Posthumus | 0823751870 | gerhard@wesgrow.co.za | 42 | Active |
OPEN VARIETIES
Maintained by ICCSP Approved In Vitro Multiplication Facilities
| Open Variety | PVL Status | L 001 | Rascal Seed Research | R 015 | VitroplantSA Pty (Ltd) |
| BP1 | Listed | – | Yes |
| Avalanche | Listed | Yes | Yes |
| Desiree | Not Listed | – | Yes* |
| Fasan | Not Listed | – | Yes* |
| Hermes | Listed | – | Yes |
| Hertha | Listed | Yes | Yes |
| Innovator | Listed | – | Yes |
| Mnandi | Listed | – | Yes |
| Mondial | Listed | Yes | Yes |
| Up-to-date | Listed | Yes | Yes* |
| Valor | Listed | Yes | Yes |
| Vanderplank | Listed | Yes* | Yes* |