Rural infrastructure and services

Published research highlights

	CSIR’s advocacy and support of infrastructure asset management The CSIR has over many years played a significant role in discovering and documenting the state of infrastructure, and in leading specific aspects of the process of improving infrastructure asset management policy and practice in the public sector.

	Using the integrated rural mobility and access (IRMA) approach in prospering rural SA CSIR researchers are opening access to socioeconomic opportunities for communities, through providing appropriate and integrated rural transportation infrastructure and services.

	Managing climate-related stresses in southern Africa’s agricultural sector The CSIR conducts research on identifying ways of helping farmers in southern Africa adapt to reduce negative effects of climate-related stresses.

	Applying franchising principles to improving water and sanitation services reliability CSIR research has found that franchising partnerships could address many challenges in the operation and maintenance of water services infrastructure. The key is the incentive to provide improved service consistency, reliability and quality control.

	'Rejecting the inevitability of poverty': Empowering women through community-based employment-intensive rural infrastructure maintenance projects The CSIR is looking at gender-sensitive infrastructure maintenance projects that are employment-intensive and that can empower women to achieve sustainable livelihoods.

	Distributed power generation using microturbines To help secure South Africa's energy future, CSIR researchers are using aerospace know-how and experience to integrate novel energy systems and optimize the use of resources for sustainable economic development.