Aldivia S.A is a French specialist lipids company.  Aldivia is specialised in the sourcing, design, manufacture and commercialisation of lipids of plant or vegetable origin for cosmetic and industrial use.

Afriplex produces essential oils, plant extracts (spray dried and liquid) and herbal tinctures unique to Africa. 

The BioTrade Initiative is UNCTAD's programme that supports sustainable development through trade and investment in biological resources in line with the three objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The Convention's objectives are the conservation of biological diversity; sustainable use of its components; and fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources.

CPWild - Commercial Products from the Wild. Research on Indigenous Plant Domestication and Commercialisation in Southern Africa.

PhytoTrade Africa is a member of IFAT, the International Fair Trade Association, a global network of over 200 Fair Trade organisations in more than 55countries, which works to improve the livelihoods and well-being of disadvantaged people in developing countries and to change the unfair structures of international trade.

IUCN, The World Conservation Union South African Country Office, was established in 1998 is a branch office of the IUCN Regional Office of Southern Africa. The mission of IUCN in Southern Africa is to “facilitate and strengthen an integrated approach for the sustainable and equitable use of natural resources and the conservation of biological diversity”. IUCN-SA has embarked on a new partnership with PhytoTrade Africa, the Natural Products Enterprise Programme that aims to enhance livelihoods and environmental sustainability through the development of a natural products sector in Southern Africa. The programme addresses market failures that hinder the emergence of this sector to diversify rural livelihood options and create economic incentives for improved natural resource management. The programme will focus on increasing market access through certification, addressing trade issues, increasing awareness about natural products, and strengthening SME markets for fibre handicrafts and lipid oils.

People and Plants International (PPI) is an innovative new network of 40 practitioners of applied ethnoecology and sustainable resource management working in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Australasia. We are dedicated to the managed use and conservation of plantlife in landscapes of high biological diversity. Incorporated in New York in 2004, PPI is building on the 12-year joint project of the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF), UNESCO, and the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, UK, which developed a unique foundation of expertise, cutting-edge methodologies, and a global action network. This partnership, also entitled the “People and Plants Initiative” officially came to an end in December 2004.

PROTA is an international, interdisciplinary programme coordinated by Wageningen University, the Netherlands, with ten partner institutions in Africa and Europe. The programme's aims are simple, though ambitious: to provide an up-to-date information system on the plant resources of tropical Africa, by combining existing knowledge and making it readily accessible.