Seymour residents in EC using aloe to tap into skincare market & create jobs

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The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) has partnered with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), equipping 22 community members from Seymour with skills on how to process aloe ferox plant material.

CAPE TOWN - A group of residents from Seymour in the Eastern Cape are tapping into the cosmetic benefits of aloe ferox as they develop market-ready skincare products.

Agro-processing refers to the manufacturing sector that processes raw materials from the agriculture sector.Council of Scientific and Industrial Research senior researcher, Phateka Ndzotoyi, explained that they collected the plant material and processed it at their Pretoria-based campus. Nothando Mathe, portfolio manager for the Technology Innovation Agency's agriculture bioeconomy innovation partnership programme, said that these small businesses attached to the project opted to develop these products as part of their business endeavours.

 

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