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Living Biodynamics on Waterkloof

Published on Tuesday, 28 July 2026 10:42 Category: Parceval, Plants, Waterkloof

Coming into contact with biodynamics through her work at Parceval, Waterkloof’s farm manager, Marile de Beer, was inspired to enrol to study part-time with the Biodynamic Agricultural College based in the UK. Having graduated last year, the college shared the story of Marile’s journey: https://www.instagram.com/p/DbD58LKlka2/?img_index=1 ...

The Curious Case of Lotononis prostrata

Published on Thursday, 17 August 2023 08:20 Category: Parceval, Plants, Waterkloof

In 2022, a botanist conducted a Biodiversity and Sustainabilty assessment of our Buchu plantation which is embedded in Fynbos vegetation on Waterkloof Farm. Part of the assessment was a transect to observe number and types of species on a portion of the farm. We discovered that Waterkloof is home...

HPLC Opens Up New Possibilities

Published on Thursday, 17 August 2023 08:19 Category: Parceval, Quality Control, Research & Development

Parceval has been able to take a significant step forward by being able to add a Waters Arc High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) to our Quality Control and Research & Development Department. This was made possible through part-funding from the ABioSA project Parceval is part of on the Sector Development...

Developing the Sceletium tortuosum Sector

Published on Wednesday, 16 August 2023 13:12 Category: Access and Benefit-sharing, Parceval, Plants

Parceval, along with a consortium of other companies in the sector, has been awarded a matched funding grant for Sector development around the botanical product, Sceletium tortuosum. The funding has been provided via the Swiss Economic Development Agency and is managed by Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). The main...

Parceval Welcomes Intern from Guadeloupe

Published on Wednesday, 16 August 2023 12:28 Category: Parceval

At the end of May 2023, we had the privilege of welcoming Oceane Chadru from Guadeloupe, who is currently studying in France, and now is completing her 6 month internship with us. Below she shares more about herself and how she has been finding the experience so far: I...

Completion of BioInnovation Africa Projects

Published on Wednesday, 1 March 2023 10:07 Category: Access and Benefit-sharing, Consulting, Parceval

In 2020 Parceval received funding through the BioInnovation Africa programme to develop supply chains and new products from indigenous African resources along with identified European partners. The funding was provided by the German BMZ and was implemented by the GIZ. The resources supported by grants were Resource X (a...

Committed to Sustainable Harvesting

Published on Wednesday, 1 March 2023 10:06 Category: Access and Benefit-sharing, Parceval, Plants, Waterkloof

In 2022, Parceval completed two important sustainability audits. The first was a FairWild audit, where certification was achieved for an external supply chain for a wild harvested species from the Eastern Cape. The second was a comprehensive audit conducted at Parceval’s farm, Waterkloof, for a range of medicinal plants...

Biodiversity Assessment on Waterkloof

Published on Wednesday, 1 March 2023 10:05 Category: Parceval, Waterkloof

As part of a case study on Buchu producers and the industry’s sustainable development and contribution to biodiversity, a biodiversity study was conducted on Waterkloof Farm. As Waterkloof contains two threatened vegetation types – Boland Granite Fynbos and Swartland Granite Renosterveld – which we have largely left untouched in...

Community Cultivation of Honeybush

Published on Wednesday, 1 December 2021 07:00 Category: Parceval

In 2020, Parceval was granted funds by the BioInnovation Africa programme to set up a dedicated and consistent quality supply of Honeybush (Cyclopia species) for extract development. As part of the project 2 communities have been supported to grow additional Honeybush. In the Eastern Cape, Harkerville Agri and Forestry...

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Living Biodynamics on Waterkloof

The Curious Case of Lotononis prostrata

HPLC Opens Up New Possibilities

Parceval Welcomes Intern from Guadeloupe

Biodiversity Assessment on Waterkloof

Community Cultivation of Honeybush

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