PalmElit SAS

PalmElit SAS is a French company based in Montferrier-sur-Lez, near Montpellier, that conducts genetic improvement and marketing programs for Cirad® oil palm seeds. According to its official website, the company's stated mission is to secure regular incomes for family farms and agro-industries through the supply of improved oil palm planting material. The company operates under the Cirad® brand for its seeds and planting material, linking its commercial activity to the plant-science research heritage associated with that trademark. Its address is Parc Agropolis, Bât. 14, 2214 Boulevard de la Lironde, 34980 Montferrier-sur-Lez, France, and it can be contacted by telephone and email as listed on its site. PalmElit is a private company and appears to operate internationally, serving both smallholder family farms and larger agro-industrial plantations that depend on oil palm as a crop. The company's work sits at the intersection of agricultural research and commercial seed supply: it manages breeding programs and brings the resulting oil palm seeds to market. Because oil palm is a long-cycle tree crop, the quality of planting material has long-term consequences for yields and incomes, which is why PalmElit emphasizes genetic improvement as a core activity. The available evidence does not specify the company's founding year, ownership structure, or financial details, and no Wikipedia article was identified for it; the entry is therefore based primarily on the company's official website and its Wikidata record.

PalmElit SAS is a French company located in Montferrier-sur-Lez, in the Montpellier area of southern France. Its official website describes its activity as conducting genetic improvement programs and marketing Cirad® oil palm seeds. The company presents its purpose as ensuring regular incomes for family farms and agro-industries, which places it in the agricultural inputs and planting-material sector, specifically for oil palm. The Cirad® reference in its product branding indicates a connection to the plant research and development tradition associated with that name, and PalmElit's role is to manage breeding programs and bring the resulting seeds to market. The company operates from Parc Agropolis, Bât. 14, 2214 Boulevard de la Lironde, 34980 Montferrier-sur-Lez, France, and provides telephone and email contact details on its site. Its Wikidata entry identifies it simply as a company in Montferrier-sur-Lez, France. The available evidence does not provide a founding date, ownership details, or a detailed corporate history, so this account is limited to what the official website and Wikidata state. PalmElit appears to serve both smallholder family farms and larger agro-industrial operations, and its market is international in scope given the global geography of oil palm cultivation.

Supplier of genetically improved Cirad® oil palm seeds for family farms and agro-industries.

• Cirad® oil palm seeds

  Genetically improved oil palm seeds marketed by PalmElit under the Cirad® brand.

1. 1PalmElit - Semences et plants de palmier à huile Cirad®palmelit.com
2. 2PalmElit SAS (France) - Wikidatawikidata.org