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Al Wathba Marionnet L.L.C.
Marionnet GFA (marionnet.com) is a family-owned company in the agriculture sector in France founded by Mr. Alexandre Marionnet in Soings, 200km south of Paris, in 1888. The company had its beginnings in growing grapes and building wooden barrels for wine storage. Later, Alexandre’s son André introduced the culture of asparagus in the area. The success was immediate, and in 1930 the first crops were sent to Paris by horse-drawn carts. The introduction of the first large-scale crops of strawberry plants followed in no time, and from a fruit producer he became a plant producer and initiated the first research programs to discover new varieties. His son, Jacques, introduced tissue culture for strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and asparagus in 1979. It was the first private tissue culture laboratory in France, and it enabled him to provide top quality plants for the market.

In 1986, Marionnet GFA secured its interest in tissue culture date palms by signing a contract with a governmental laboratory, LRPV (Vegetal Physiology Research Laboratory). Both laboratories have been jointly conducting basic and applied research. Jacques Marionnet has two sons: Pascal, the younger, currently head of Marionnet GFA, and the elder, Franck, who established Al Wathba Marionnet in Abu Dhabi in 1997.
Al Wathba Marionnet L.L.C.
Tissue Cultured Date Palms
P. O. Box: 41522,
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
(971 2) 6661522




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