# The Technology Innovation Agency is investing 14-million-rand into a programme aimed at fast-tracking detection of livestock diseases. The funding will support biotechnology company TokaBio and its work on diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease and avian influenza. TokaBio operates laboratories in Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal, supporting disease surveillance in the ostrich and livestock sectors. The agency says quicker and more accurate detection will help protect farmers, strengthen biosecurity and keep South African agricultural products moving into international markets.
Technology Agency invests R14-Million to boost livestock disease monitoring