FOCUS AREA
SEEKS TO ACHIEVE.
1. Research and development
in agricultural technologies
for food security
2. National STEM Programme
on Emerging Technologies
- Robotics and Artificial
Intelligence
- Augmented Reality and
Virtual Reality
- HPC Cluster building
3. Geospatial, Aeronautics
and Space Sciences:
Mapping and quantification
of high value minerals such
as lithium and some rare
earth minerals.
WHAT THE DEPARTMENT
 Improve national cattle 
breeds and restock the
national herd through
research and development
 facilitate the development of a
 Support research and
development in the use of
disruptive technologies for
national industrialisation
and modernisation.
 Promote research and
Development in Space
Sciences for utilisation in
Defence, Security and
Socio Economic activities.
MAJOR ACTIVITIES OUTPUTS VERIFIABLE
PERFORMANCE
INDICATORS
mobilise resources for the  Nitrogen Plant  Completed
establishment of a nitrogen Nitrogen plant
plant at CUT for preservation  Semen/Gene bank of  No of semen
of semen cattle pure breeds straws in bank.
 Trial run artificial  Number of
business model for trials of insemination programme inseminations
artificial insemination in three  Improved national herd  Number of M&E
provinces breeds reports
 monitoring and evaluation of  Quarterly reports
the research and development
project
 Create platforms that exposes  New and emerging  Number of
young scientists and technology savvy young young scientists
researchers to the use of new scientists participating in
and emerging technologies.  Zimbabwe young the S$T
 Facilitate participation of Scientists participation in programmes
Zimbabwe young scientists in S&T Competitions
science and technology
competitions, locally,
regionally and internationally
 Create a framework for the  Framework  Percentage
application of Geospatial,  Geospatial map and completion of
Aeronautics and Space database the exercise
Sciences for economic  Updated map of  Amount of
development Zimbabwe agro-ecological grants given
 Give grants to researchers zones
4. The A’ Level STEM Initiative
5. STI Measurement
6.High Performance Computing
(HPC)
 To promote the uptake of
Sciences and Mathematics
at A Level and Higher
Education.
 To develop STI indicators
for the measurement of
the country’s performance
in STI.
 Expand the HPC capacity
and promote optimum
utilisation of the facility.
 Select students for support  List of selected students  Number of
through the STEM initiative  M & E reports students
 Carry out monitoring and selected for the
evaluation exercises and career STEM support
guidance  Number of M&E
reports
 To carry out D&R and  Survey report  Number of
Innovation measurement surveys carried
surveys out
 To fulfil regional and
continental obligations on
reporting of STI data.
 Create a database for RDI
activities in Zimbabwe
 Construction of HPC phase 2  Completed HPC Phase 2  Percentage
infrastructure infrastructure completion of
 Number of Users of the phase 2
HPC facility infrastructure
 Percentage
utilisation of the
HPC