Welcome to Kannar
Your Partner in Sustainable Agriculture. Explore our range of products and services in Water Conservation, Biological Insecticides & Fungicides, Seed Conditioning, Security Marking, and Agricultural Colors, that are designed to assist farmers, growers, and gardeners implement greener practices.
At Kannar, we are committed to providing innovative agricultural solutions that promote sustainability and enhance productivity. Our mission is to empower farmers and growers to transition away from traditional chemistries supported with local products and technical support. We own and run all our R+D, Production and Quality Control and can customize products where necessary for customers.
All our products are manufactured in South Africa in plant that generates
at least 75% of its electrical consumption from solar.
Water Conservation
Water scarcity is recognized as one of the most severe challenges facing the plant today. Driven by population growth coupled to industrialization and agricultural practices that are often highly inefficient in direct use of water but also major drivers of carbon emissions and global warming.
Kannar has recognized two important areas where its technologies can provide solutions i.e. smart sealing of water storage dams and water conservation for plant root systems.
Discover more about Kannar’s water-conserving technology here.
Organic Pesticides and Fungicides
Agricultural worldwide is moving steadily away from unsustainable practices and this includes a growing list of banned synthetic chemistries. Biological pesticides and fungicides can play a crucial role in sustainable agriculture when used correctly - alone or in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs. Kannar’s Biologicals are currently all plant extract formulations, which pose no risk of residual buildup, Minimum Residue Levels, offer a maximum of 48hr pre-harvest interval, and can be applied in a manner that greatly limits risk to beneficial insects. The products have been registered in South Africa for about 20years and are attested for organic farming by Ecocert.
Protect your crops naturally and effectively. Discover Our Organic Range and see the difference.
Seed Conditioning
Kannar has been providing Seed Conditioning products such as Sodium Molybdate, Captan and Polymers for over 20 years. The Polymers primarily act as binder for actives to seed but also provide colour, slip and prevent dust-off on treated seeds. Designed and manufactured in-house, polymers can be customized to suit customer requirements.
Find Out How Kannar's seed conditioning services can benefit you.
Security & Micro-Tracing
Identification of Agricultural Produce and Mined Ores has become a major security concern for for growers and mining operations. The challenge of forensically proving the origin of a crop or or an ore is challenge due to the number of similar products in the market, large stock volumes, and logistical scale of transporting product locally and internationally. Kannar offer an innovative range of marking technologies to identify crop, timber and ores for marketing and forensic purposes.
Discover how our forensically encoded particles can safeguard your seeds and timber.
Agricultural Colourants
Kannar Earth Science's Ecolour and Sprayrite range is specifically designed for the general agricultural industry, providing high-quality, versatile colorants for permanent and temporary coloration. Applications include timber marking, sprayed area confirmation (eg herbicide), turf colouring, and irrigation line testing.
Learn More about our products and applications.
