The chicken or the egg?

Posted on June 17, 2014

At the invitation of UP’s Institute for Food, Nutrition and Well-being and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, Prof Alders presented an insightful talk on village poultry, which is the poultry production system commonly found in rural areas and involves indigenous chicken genotypes.

Centre of Excellence in Food Security at UP and UWC officially launched

Posted on April 01, 2014

University of Pretoria and University of Western Cape officially launched Centre of Excellence in Food Security

UP Food Security Expert appointed to international Panel

Posted on October 14, 2013

Prof Sheryl Hendriks, Director of the Institute for Food, Nutrition and Well-being and associate professor of Food Security in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Rural Development and Agricultural Extension at the University of Pretoria is one of o

Advising global governance on food security

Posted on May 29, 2013

Prof Sheryl Hendriks, Director of the Institute for Food, Nutrition and Well-being (IFNuW) at the University of Pretoria participated in May this year in the seventh meeting of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) High Level Panel of Experts on Food

UP student wins fellowship to study Women's Empowerment Index

Posted on November 20, 2012

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and its partners recently announced that Christopher Manyamba from the University of Pretoria has been awarded a PhD dissertation research fellowship on the Women

Prof John Taylor elected as Fellow of the ICC

Posted on November 13, 2012

Prof John Taylor from the Department of Food Science has recently been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of the International Association for Cereal Science and Technology (ICC). He also received a B1 NRF re-rating.

University of Pretoria launches Institute for Food, Nutrition and Well-being

Posted on June 06, 2012

Just more than a week (28 May) after G8 leaders had renewed their shared commitment to global food security through the New Alliance for Food Nutrition, the largest group of food researchers anywhere in the world launched a collaborative platform at the U

IFNuW to be launched in May

Posted on April 24, 2012

The official launch of the Institute for Food, Nutrition and Well-being (IFNuW) will take place on Monday 28 May 2012 at the Graduate Centre and an address will be delivered by Mrs Sheila Sisulu, Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Programme.