Advanced Agriculture And Food

The CSIR’s cannabis programme has incubated 23 small, micro and medium enterprises (SMMEs) to develop and market high-quality, regulatory compliant, safe, efficacious and affordable cannabis products for local and international markets. This cannabis programme is supported by the Department of Sc...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has acknowledged CSIR’s Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) programme and its pivotal role towards achieving biodiversity at the Inaugural Biodiversity Economy and Investment Indaba held at the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg on 26 March 2024. Delivering his keynote address, ...

The African Union Development Agency – New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA – NEPAD) Southern African Network for Biosciences (SANBio) hosted a grant induction workshop at the CSIR from 24 – 28 April 2023 to discuss the key deliverables and outcomes on the Support to Industrialisation a...

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), in collaboration with Move Beyond Consulting, hosted the final presentations and awards ceremony for the inaugural ‘Machine Learning for Earth Observation in Agriculture’ training programme, which was held at the CSIR International Conven...

In celebration of Women’s Day on 9 August 2021, this edition of ScienceScope focuses on CSIR women. Some of the women featured are involved in Covid-19-related research, while others are working, alongside their colleagues – the men and women of the CSIR – to continue with work that will help mak...

Read the latest edition of the CSIR's magazine, ScienceScope . This edition highlights some key issues of significance as the country starts to implement its fourth industrial revolution strategy. It also features CSIR people, research and development, as well as infrastructure. Contact Person: A...

The CSIR assisted six Traditional Health Practitioners (THPs) in developing safe and standardised traditional medicines for commercialisation in a project funded by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI). “The value of interfacing and mainstreaming indigenous knowledge (IK) within the nat...