Advanced Agriculture And Food

The Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), in collaboration with the Biorefinery Industry Development Facility (BIDF) at the CSIR, invite interested South African SME's to submit expressions of interest to the open call: ACCELERATED IMPLEMENTATION OF BIOREFINERY TECHNOLOGIES. The objective o...

Scientific studies into a traditional medicine that may help improve the body’s ability to fight off and recover from infection, may be helpful in the fight against COVID-19. The Prijap Biolife traditional medicine has been in the market for 10 years and has been used to treat patients who have b...

Contact Person: Dr Mike Masukume, mmasukume@csir.co.za , +(12) 841 4269

The CSIR Biomanufacturing Industrial Development Centre (BIDC) held its quarterly accelerator networking event at the CSIR on the 31st January 2020. This platform provides small medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) an opportunity to openly exchange ideas and share experiences on their journey to ...

CSIR remote sensing specialists studied satellite imagery of South Africa’s savanna system over the period 2001 to 2018 which showed that as the climate became drier, farms were abandoned, which in turn led to an increase in tree cover. “The grass-tree co-existence of the Savanna is crucial to th...

With exports raking in billions of rand annually, South Africa’s apple growers form an important part of the country’s economic development. However, their heavy dependence on water in a country facing growing water challenges, demands an enhanced understanding of the water requirements of top-pr...