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SA's plan to grow domestic research involves wine and tea
Britt E. Erickson, senior editor at Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) tells Eurekalert.org website that, while South Africa currently lags in science, accounting for less than 0.5 percent of the world's research output, it has growth potential in a number of areas.
The country's minister of science and technology is looking for smart ways to encourage scientific research, she says, and agriculture is one sector showing promise.
The wine industry, Erickson says, is working with the government to fund scientific research about consumers' tastes and preferences, in order to help growers and winemakers improve their products. Researchers are using advanced analytical methods to identify the roughly 1,000 compounds that give wines their flavour and smell.
The South African government is also investing in scientific research to foster production of the honeybush plant - source of a tea so fragrant that a potful can perfume an entire house - to create jobs and boost the economy. Local scientists are also working to extract valuable antioxidant, anti-diabetes and antimicrobial compounds from the plant, Eurekalert.org website reports.
Read the full article on www.eurekalert.org.
