Sugar Cane – The worlds most productive crop

Sugarcane is produced on over 25 million ha globally, and is the most productive crop per ha of land, producing not just sugar, but bioethanol, plastics and fibre feedstock.

NEF have licensed CEEDS^TM to Syngenta for use on sugar cane in Brazil where over 10 million ha of Sugarcane are grown, almost 40% of the world’s production area. In Brazil, the image shows Syngenta marketing the CEEDS^TM technology under the brand name Plene Emerald to mills and growers. A link to this project is available here.

Other crops – Propagation and labour free establishment

NEF are investigating applications of CEEDS^TM technology to other vegetatively propagated crop and plant supply chains. This is focussed on crops and plants where it can be used as a tissue culture extender, to reduce propagation costs, or to reduce the level of manual labour required to multiply and establish the required plants.


If you would like to discuss how CEEDS^TMcan be applied to your crop please contact us here.

Licensing Model

Patented NEF CEEDS^TM technology is available under License Agreements to interested parties. Licensing can be for internal production or for supply to third parties. Licenses are crop and territory based, with full support from NEF. CEEDS^TM technology can replace existing supply chains, or build on existing infrastructure such as tissue culture, where it can operate as an extender system.

If you are interested to find out how CEEDS^TM can be applied to your crop supply chain please contact NEF here.

Sugar Cane – The worlds most productive crop

Sugarcane is produced on over 25 million ha globally, and is the most productive crop per ha of land, producing not just sugar, but bioethanol, plastics and fibre feedstock.

NEF have licensed CEEDS^TM to Syngenta for use on sugar cane in Brazil where over 10 million ha of Sugarcane are grown, almost 40% of the world’s production area. In Brazil, the image shows Syngenta marketing the CEEDS^TM technology under the brand name Plene Emerald to mills and growers. A link to this project is available here.

Energy grasses – Extending the productivity of sugarcane onto marginal land.

NEF have over 20 years experience in commercial production and development of high yielding grasses. These produce feedstock, on marginal land for fuel, fibre and feed, and outperform forestry or annual crops. These grasses include Miscanthus (sugarcane relative), energy cane (cold tolerant sugarcane) and Pennisetum (Napier grass), and are capable of performing from tropical to cold temperate conditions. Final products from them include bioethanol, electricity, paper and protein.

NEF expertise is in germplasm, propagation scale up and plantation establishment of these crops. CEEDS^TM and other technologies from NEF can be licensed for large scale establishment of these crops for projects and developers looking to secure long term low cost feedstock supplies.

Other crops – Propagation and labour free establishment

NEF are investigating applications of CEEDS^TM technology to other vegetatively propagated crop and plant supply chains. This is focussed on crops and plants where it can be used as a tissue culture extender, to reduce propagation costs, or to reduce the level of manual labour required to multiply and establish the required plants.

If you would like to discuss how CEEDS^TMcan be applied to your crop please contact us here.

Licensing Model

Patented NEF CEEDS^TM technology is available under License Agreements to interested parties. Licensing can be for internal production or for supply to third parties. Licenses are crop and territory based, with full support from NEF. CEEDS^TM technology can replace existing supply chains, or build on existing infrastructure such as tissue culture, where it can operate as an extender system.

If you are interested to find out how CEEDS^TM can be applied to your crop supply chain please contact NEF here.

Sugar Cane – The worlds most productive crop

Sugarcane is produced on over 25 million ha globally, and is the most productive crop per ha of land, producing not just sugar, but bioethanol, plastics and fibre feedstock.

NEF have licensed CEEDS^TM to Syngenta for use on sugar cane in Brazil where over 10 million ha of Sugarcane are grown, almost 40% of the world’s production area. In Brazil, the image shows Syngenta marketing the CEEDS^TM technology under the brand name Plene Emerald to mills and growers. A link to this project is available here.

Energy grasses – Extending the productivity of sugarcane onto marginal land.

NEF have over 20 years experience in commercial production and development of high yielding grasses. These produce feedstock, on marginal land for fuel, fibre and feed, and outperform forestry or annual crops. These grasses include Miscanthus (sugarcane relative), energy cane (cold tolerant sugarcane) and Pennisetum (Napier grass), and are capable of performing from tropical to cold temperate conditions. Final products from them include bioethanol, electricity, paper and protein.

NEF expertise is in germplasm, propagation scale up and plantation establishment of these crops. CEEDS^TM and other technologies from NEF can be licensed for large scale establishment of these crops for projects and developers looking to secure long term low cost feedstock supplies.

Other crops – Propagation and labour free establishment

NEF are investigating applications of CEEDS^TM technology to other vegetatively propagated crop and plant supply chains. This is focussed on crops and plants where it can be used as a tissue culture extender, to reduce propagation costs, or to reduce the level of manual labour required to multiply and establish the required plants.

If you would like to discuss how CEEDS^TMcan be applied to your crop please contact us here.