Enza Zaden Africa

Who we are - the story of our company

Enza Zaden develops new vegetable varieties that are grown, sold and consumed all over the world. So it’s very likely that you’ll often find our tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet peppers, lettuce or other vegetables developed by us on your plate. We produce and sell the seeds of those vegetables worldwide.

Independent family business
Besides an international vegetable-breeding company, Enza Zaden is also an independent family business. For three generations, an entrepreneurial spirit, long-term vision and focus on innovation have characterised our company’s distinctive features and healthy growth.

 What we do - Vegetable breeding worldwide

Enza Zaden is a vegetable-breeding company. This means that we develop vegetable varieties of more than 30 international and local crops. We produce and sell the seeds of these varieties all over the world.

Our complete range comprises some 1,200 vegetable varieties. These range from sweet peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce to bitter gourd and bird’s eyes chillies. We make serious investments in innovation. This results in the introduction to the global market of 100 new vegetable varieties annually by our company.