The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa is one of the leading scientific and technology research, development and implementation organisations in Africa. It undertakes directed research and development for socio-economic growth.
The CSIR is working with partners in the National System of Innovation on a range of technology-intensive interventions in the rural education context as part of a project in Cofimvaba in the rural Eastern Cape.
In a first for the African continent, two long range autonomous ocean gliders were successfully deployed off the SA Agulhas II into the heart of the world's largest ocean current - the Antarctic Circumpolar Current - as part of a CSIR-led multi-institutional initiative to understand the link between climate and the carbon cycle in the Southern Ocean.
Research highlights
The magnitude and cost of food waste in South Africa
CSIR research has shown that over 9 million tonnes of food (177kg/capita), or about 30% of local agricultural production, goes to waste every year in South Africa. The associated cost to society is R61.5 billion per annum, equivalent to 2.1% of South Africa’s GDP. At the same time, 70% of poor urban households in South Africa live in conditions of food insecurity. Read the briefing note, or read a research paper, The cost of household food waste in South Africa or Estimating the magnitude of food waste generated in South Africa
The magnitude and cost of food waste in South Africa
