{"id":1280,"date":"2026-11-05T08:59:31","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T06:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kzndarddev.kznsshf.gov.za\/?page_id=1280"},"modified":"2026-11-11T14:02:39","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T12:02:39","slug":"agricultural-research-farms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kzndard.gov.za\/?page_id=1280","title":{"rendered":"Agricultural Research Farms"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Map of Research Stations<\/a><\/strong><\/h1>

Cedara Research Station<\/a><\/strong><\/p>

Dundee Research Station<\/a><\/strong><\/p>

Kokstad Research Station<\/a><\/strong><\/p>

Makhathini Research Station<\/a><\/strong><\/p>

OSCA Research Station<\/a><\/strong><\/p>

Bartlow Combine<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/div>

The Department\u2019s six research stations, namely Cedara, Kokstad, Dundee, Makhathini, Owen Sitole (OSCA)\u00a0and Bartlow Combine, are required to conduct research on-station, to build expertise and for technology transfer. These research stations serve the major agricultural ecological areas within the Province, as indicated below:<\/p>
Research Station<\/strong><\/td>Size of the farm (ha)<\/strong><\/td>Cultivated land (ha)<\/strong><\/td>Applicable Bioresource Group<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Cedara<\/td>1000<\/td>275<\/td>Moist Midlands Mistbelt \u2013\u00a0Ngongoni veld<\/td><\/tr>
Dundee<\/td>1336<\/td>140<\/td>Sour Sandveld<\/td><\/tr>
Kokstad<\/td>1254<\/td>75<\/td>Highland Sourveld (Moist &\u00a0Dry)<\/td><\/tr>
Makhathini<\/td>440<\/td>180<\/td>Lowveld (Main Research Station)\u00a0and Sandy Bush & Palm Veld (Top Farm)<\/td><\/tr>
OSCA<\/td>870<\/td>65<\/td>Moist Coast Forest Thorn and Palm Veld<\/td><\/tr>
Bartlow Combine<\/td>2200<\/td>0<\/td>Dry Zululand Thornveld and Lowveld<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Research Stations Map of Research Stations Cedara Research Station Dundee Research Station Kokstad Research Station Makhathini Research Station OSCA Research Station Bartlow Combine The Department\u2019s six research stations, namely Cedara, Kokstad, Dundee, Makhathini, Owen Sitole (OSCA)\u00a0and Bartlow Combine, are required to conduct research on-station, to build expertise and for technology transfer. These research stations serve […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1280","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzndard.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzndard.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzndard.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzndard.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzndard.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1280"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzndard.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9062,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzndard.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1280\/revisions\/9062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzndard.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}