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  • Where is palmelit based?
  • Its head office is in France, near Montpellier. Following on from IRHO (1941) then CIRAD (1984), PalmElit has been conducting the genetic improvement and marketing programmes for CIRAD® oil palm seeds since its creation in 2009. Its breeding programmes involve 64 PalmElit and CIRAD researchers,engineers, Ph.D. students and technicians.
  • Who makes CIRAD® oil palm seeds?
  • PalmElit implements the genetic improvement and marketing programmes for CIRAD® oil palm seeds. PalmElit is a simplified joint stock company owned by CIRAD and Sofiprotéol. Its head office is in France, near Montpellier.
  • What is palmelit & CIRAD?
  • Its breeding programmes involve 64 PalmElit and CIRAD researchers,engineers, Ph.D. students and technicians. PalmElit also benefits from the support of 8 partners including a public institute and 7 private firms for the selection, production and marketing of CIRAD® oil palm seeds.
  • Who owns palmelit?
  • PalmElit is a simplified joint stock company owned by CIRAD and Sofiprotéol. Its head office is in France, near Montpellier. Following on from IRHO (1941) then CIRAD (1984), PalmElit has been conducting the genetic improvement and marketing programmes for CIRAD® oil palm seeds since its creation in 2009.
  • Does palmelit sell CIRAD® oil palm seeds?
  • PalmElit supplies CIRAD® oil palm seeds. The planting material we market is the outcome of stringent scientific research conducted by PalmElit breeders in several research partnerships.
  • What is CIRAD® oil palm?
  • PalmElit implements the genetic improvement and marketing programmes for CIRAD® oil palm seeds. EcoPalm: an oil palm functioning model that forecasts oil palm yields in various climatic conditions CIRAD regularly organizes training courses for its partners in the fields of crop improvement, agronomy and molecular biology.