TECH TALK
South African scientists
Researchers at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa will discuss some of their ingeniuty in terms of providing solutions in the agricultural, environmental and climate change space.
- Dr Essa Suleman: What can AI do for food security?Speaker | CSIR Principal Researcher | South Africa
A tool that integrates AI and “One Health” towards zero hunger
Artificial intelligence (AI) researchers in South Africa and the United Kingdom (UK) have developed a prototype tool that will help government and farmers solve one of South Africa’s conundrums: we produce enough food, yet many of us go hungry every day. The tool is being developed by CSIR researchers in agriculture and AI, together with their counterparts at the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science in the UK. The final version of the tool will have several advanced AI capabilities to predict potential risks to food supply chains by analysing economic trends, climate conditions, disease surveillance reports and other relevant factors. It will prescribe strategies to prevent losses and strains on the food supply. Read more
- Anieke Swanepoel: Building trust from farm to forkSpeaker | CSIR Researcher | South Africa
Digital tracing with ILIMA helps small farmers
Anieke Swanepoel will demonstrate how this new platform provides customers with farm-to-fork transparency, covering growth hormones, medicines, feeding practices, farm conditions, storage and refrigerated transport to markets. Read more in the #sustainability edition of the CSIR publication, ScienceScope.
- Amy Pieterse: South African cities’ climate risk zones in high-resolutionSpeaker | CSIR Senior Researcher | South Africa
Use the GreenBook to protect people and places from extreme weather
Amy Pieterse will discuss the GreenBook, a CSIR-developed web-based tool, which provides a scientific view of the likely impacts that climate change and urbanisation will have on South Africa’s cities and towns. The tool also suggests actions to build climate resilience.