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Avanos Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd. was established in 2005 as an independent Zimbabwean company. From 2001 to 2004 the company’s predecessor operated as the African office for East West Seed International, a multinational vegetable seed company with its head office in Thailand. In early 2005 East West Seed International dis-invested from Zimbabwe, giving room for the company’s then-time market development manager in Zimbabwe, Ms Marietta van der Werff, to continue the Zimbabwean operations independently while maintaining the trading name East West Seeds. This resulted in the establishment of Avanos Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd t/a East West Seeds.

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