b'THE HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICAS SEED INDUSTRY19901970Political transformation and government Negotiations start among the respective crop-specificstrategy in South Africa initiated further seed associations, eventually leading to therestructuring of the seed industry, in particular 1950establishment of the umbrella association,as a result of the deregulation of agriculturalSeed quality is formalizedAssociation of National Seed Organizations.marketing, with the subsequent declaration of with the establishment of thePrivatization during this time further led to thesmall grain crops as seed in terms of the Plant first company laboratories forestablishment of the Association of South AfricanImprovement Act (1976) and the introduction of seed testing.Seed Analysts.small grain seed certification schemes.1940196019802000 The South AfricanThe introduction of seed legislation toThe rationalization of seed certification by theSANSOR becomes a Seedsmens AssociationSouth Africa and subsequentSouth African government was one of theglobally recognized seed forms the first seedreorganization leads to the establishmentspearheading factors for the establishment of theindustry organization, industry group. of the South African Plant BreedersSouth African National Seed Organization. This ledafter hosting the Association, South African Hybrid Maizethe establishment of SANSOR in 1989, graduallyInternational World Organization, South African Vegetableincorporating almost all noteworthy role playersSeed Congress in 2001. Growers Association and South Africanin the seed industry. Forage Crop Seed Association.PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OFPERCENTAGE OF MAIZE PRODUCTION IN SOUTH AFRICA, PER PROVINCESOUTH AFRICAS TOTAL CITRUS AREAGrapefruitLemons 9%18% NORTHERN MPUMALANGA NORTH WESTCAPE 25% 15% 6%Oranges47%Soft citrus FREE STATEREST 26% 40% 14% LIMPOPO2.7 million tonsNORTH WEST GAUTENG MPUMALANGAis the amount of citrus exported in 2012-2022, a new record for exports. FREE STATE KWAZULU-NATAL100,000 hectaresNORTHERN CAPEof land in South Africa is dedicated to orange orchards.EASTERN CAPEWESTERN CAPE14%is the amount oranges Cape Townplanted grew by in the last seven years. INTERNATIONAL EDITION 2023 SEEDWORLD.COM /7'