Grassland Society of Southern Africa

Name

Grassland Society of Southern Africa

Legal name

Grassland Society of Southern Africa

Website

https://grassland.org.za

Company type

Private

Founded year

1966

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Scientific Society

NAICS

Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEUABABAF

Grassland/Rangeland Management & Restoration

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Carbon & Climate Solutions (Carbon Markets, Offsets, CCS/CCUS)/Carbon Project Development & Origination (Nature-based & Tech-based)

Keywords

• Rangeland ecology research
• Pasture management science
• Professional scientific society
• Scientific journal publishing
• Agricultural membership organization

Headquarters

HQ city

South Africa

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership fees ranging from ZAR 290 to ZAR 1850 depending on membership tier and journal subscription options. Membership includes CPD points for SACNASP registration.
2. Annual Congress Registration: Congress registration fees with member discounts. Membership fees may be waived for the year if congress is attended.
3. Journal Publishing: African Journal of Range and Forage Science published via Taylor & Francis. Page charges may be waived for members who add journal subscription.
4. Advertising in Grassroots Newsletter: Display and text advertisements in the Grassroots quarterly newsletter for promotion of products, services, or job opportunities.
5. Job Board: Platform for posting job opportunities in agriculture, ecology, and related sectors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Grassland Society of Southern Africa is a non-profit professional scientific society that advances rangeland ecology and pasture management in Africa. It sells annual individual memberships (Primary, Student, Grassland Guru/Retired, Secondary tiers with optional journal subscriptions), publishes the African Journal of Range and Forage Science with Taylor & Francis, distributes the Grassroots quarterly newsletter, hosts the Annual Congress for paper presentations and networking, and operates the GSSA Trust to provide sponsorship for member attendance.

Product overview

The Grassland Society of Southern Africa operates as a professional society rather than a technology company. Its core offerings include the quarterly Grassroots Newsletter, the African Journal of Range and Forage Science (published with Taylor & Francis and NISC), Annual Congress events with proceedings documentation, the GSSA Trust for sponsorship activities, a Job Board, CPD assistance for professional development, and tiered membership programs. The Society's primary products focus on knowledge dissemination, professional development, and networking within the field of rangeland ecology and pasture management in Africa.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• African Journal of Range and Forage Science Peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing original research papers and research notes of international importance on rangeland ecology and pasture management, with particular focus on African research. Online archives extend back to 1966. Published in collaboration with Taylor & Francis and distributed via NISC for member and institutional access.
• Grassroots Newsletter

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• NISC (Nature InnovationcoreTechnology or IntegrationNISC handles journal subscription management and distribution, providing activation instructions for member access to Taylor & Francis Online platform. Manages the online access vouchers for paid-up GSSA members.
• SACNASP (South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions)coreOthersGSSA operates as a Voluntary Association (VA) for SACNASP, enabling members to earn CPD points for maintaining professional registration. Members earn 1 CPD point per year as paid-up members.
• Glue UpcoreTechnology or IntegrationGlue Up provides the membership management platform powering event registration, membership applications, and membership directory functionality for the GSSA website.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Botanical Society of South Africa: Long-running South African membership society focused on indigenous flora and conservation; comparable as a regional nonprofit with a similar membership-and-publication model serving adjacent plant-ecology professional communities.
• South African Veterinary Association: South African professional membership association for veterinarians; comparable as a regional nonprofit professional society with SACNASP-aligned CPD infrastructure and a similar member-funded operating model, with overlap in livestock and rangeland practice.
• Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA): South Africa's largest broad-based environmental and conservation membership organization; comparable as a regional nonprofit professional society operating in the same geography with overlapping rangeland and conservation constituencies.

Others

• International Rangeland Congress: International coordination body that organizes the quadrennial International Rangeland Congress; thematically adjacent as the global umbrella event for organizations like GSSA, with which it directly partners for African-hosted editions.

Direct peers

• Australian Rangeland Society: Australia's counterpart professional society for rangeland scientists and managers; comparable as a Southern Hemisphere rangeland-focused membership body with a peer-reviewed journal (The Rangeland Journal) and biennial conferences.
• New Zealand Grassland Association: New Zealand-based professional association for grassland and pasture science; highly comparable as a membership society publishing the Journal of New Zealand Grasslands and running annual conferences with academic and practitioner audiences.
• Society for Range Management: US-based international professional society for rangeland professionals; directly comparable as a long-established membership organization publishing a flagship range science journal (Rangeland Ecology & Management) and hosting an annual meeting.

Broad incumbents

• South African Association for the Advancement of Science (S2A3): Broader South African scientific professional association covering all disciplines; comparable as a more generalist incumbent membership society under whose umbrella GSSA functions within the national scientific ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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