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Company
Profile .
SIMLAW SEEDS history runs back to 9 October 1929 when two
English gardeners Simpson and Whitelaw registered it as a
company then under the Indian companies act 1882.
In 1965, two brothers Peter and John Savage who later sold
it to Mitchell Cotts Group of companies dealt in fertilizers,
chemicals and seeds took up the ownership.
In 1968 Kirchoff
East Africa, acquired the company whose headquarters’
was in South Africa.
Kirchoff East Africa dealt specifically in imported flowers,
herbs and legumes from Denmark, France United Kingdom and
Holland. Simlaws also sources some of its seeds from the mentioned
countries.
In 1976,the management of Kirchoff adopted the name Simpson
and Whitelaw.
Kenya Seed Company acquired Simpson and Whitelaw in 1979 and
thus renamed it Simlaw Seeds Company limited.
Simlaw Seeds Company
Limited was registered in 2002 and retained the name Simpson
and Whitelaw shortened Simlaws Seeds.
Simlaw seed deals in horticultural and agricultural seeds
that are distributed throughout the East Africa Region.
Its main responsibility
is in importing, producing, marketing and distributing quality
and genuine seeds for commercial and domestic use. The company
has a wide range of horticultural and agricultural seeds that
have penetrated the markets well and includes Cabbages e.g.
Pruktor F1 and Riana F1which have been known to be high yeilders
.The Onions and Tomato varieties are adaptable to various
climatic conditions thus adequately meeting the local demand.
The Carrot Nantes has also proved to be of high demand.
Our Collards Sukuma Wiki (Simlaw Select) has been developed
to give higher yields and a longer harvesting period.
Of the indigenous
vegetables we have seeds for Black Nightshade (managu), Spider
Plant (Saget) and Amaranthus (Terere), which are highly nutritious
and do not require many inputs to flourish. In addition to
this, we also stock a variety of herbs and flowers seeds.
The agricultural seeds distributed include, Hybrid Maize for
the High, Medium and Low altitudes, Pastures, and several
Bean varieties such as Rose coco, Wairimu, Mwitemania and
Mwezi Moja.
We offer other farm requirements such as fertilizers, sprayers
and agrochemicals.
Simlaw seeds continuously strive to sustain the country’s
diet and tastes by producing and distributing a wide range
of exotic and indigenous horticultural seeds.
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