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Southern African Grain Laboratories excels in crop-protection studies during COVID-19

Boikanyo Mokgatle, chairperson of the Southern African Grain Laboratory (SAGL), announced at the institution’s annual general meeting in November 2021 that its average revenue had increased 12% year-on-year in the 2020/21 financial year.

This growth was due in part to the achievements of SAGL’s Crop Protection Division (CPD). According to Mokgatle, SAGL had been quick to respond to the requirements for shelf life extension of South Africa’s pesticides, as set out in Act No. 36 of 1947, issued in

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