Red Meat Research  and Development Trust

 Since the 1930s, the organised red meat industry in South Africa contributed financially to Research and Development (R & D). Contributions to R & D were made through the Meat Board, various individual organisations like cattle breeders’ associations, SAMIC (South African Meat Industry Company) and the RMRDT (Red Meat Research and Development Trust of SA). Since 2006, the RMIF (Red Meat Industry Forum of SA) contributed financially to R & D concerned with red meat production processes and products derived from red meat-producing livestock. 

R & D funding in the past helped:

• the establishment and functioning of livestock improvement schemes, like the central performance testing stations for beef cattle and pigs;
• improving research facilities at universities and the Meat Industry Centre at Irene;
• execute numerous research projects, many leading to postgraduate qualifications of research personnel.  

The red meat industry does not do the research itself but outsources the task to recognised research institutions, like institutes of the ARC (Agricultural Research Council), universities and provincial departments of agriculture.

To find more about red meat research visit the RMRD SA website.  

Interested researchers can apply for funding for relevant projects.  The Focus Areas for Research  and more details about the Funding process

• Introduction to RMRDT
• Research Mission
• The Role of the Trustees