New Technology and Innovation Missions for the S&T System Sectoral Initiatives in S&T Areas of focus S &T in poverty reduction Focus here will be on poverty, health and disease reduction technologies, preventive and therapeutic S &T in ICT Computing, telecommunication, software development (open source) etc. S &T in biotech National Biotechnology Strategy. S &T in advanced manufacturing DTI’s Integrated Manufacturing Strategy - design, quality control and inventory management; molecular modelling, taxonomy etc. S &T in resource based industries Agriculture, fishing, forestry, mining and minerals including energy production. S &T in SMME development Access to technology – Godisa & Tshumisano programme, SPII, PII, NAMAC (National Advisory Manufacturing Centres), Innovation Hub Other S &T platforms Nanotechnology, space science Back to R&D home