UP Agricultural Economists - The cream of the crop at AEASA

Posted on September 27, 2017

The Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development had a “good harvest” at the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa’s annual conference held in Durban between 19 and 21 September 2017. Not only was more than a third of the accepted oral...

Solving food insecurity will be no picnic, researchers say

Posted on August 23, 2017

South Africa has a tradition of evidence-based decision making, grounded in the findings of national surveys. But many of them remain a largely untapped resource for understanding the contextual experience of food insecurity.

Team SA wins 2017 IFAMA Case Study Competition

Posted on June 29, 2017

Melissa van der Merwe, a PhD student in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development at UP, did her Department proud at the recent International Food and Agribusiness Management Association Conference, by not only presenting results from her PhD in the academic track...

UP expert instrumental in international warehouse receipt project

Posted on June 26, 2017

Dr Andre van der Vyver from the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development at the University of Pretoria (UP), who is also a USAID contracted and world renowned warehouse receipt expert, was instrumental in the introduction of a modern, sophisticated process by which...

Science has the power to boost farming in Africa. But a lot has to change

Posted on June 26, 2017

Professor Frans Swanepoel from the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship at the University of Pretoria, discusses the possibilities that science offers for the future of farming and food security in Africa.

UP joins worldwide research project to fight bacteria affecting tropical and subtropical crops

Posted on June 22, 2017

The University of Pretoria (UP) has become a partner in the TROPICSAFE project, an initiative to fight three economically important bacterial diseases of citrus plants, grapevines and palms.

Science affords you the opportunity to ask questions

Posted on May 25, 2017

More than 60 prizes and trophies were awarded to the top students in the Faculty at the Annual Outstanding Achievers Function for students of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, which took place earlier this month.

Driving Change in Nutrition Policy Requires the Confluence of a Number of Key Elements

Posted on May 24, 2017

Getting multi-sectoral policy issues on the policy agenda and through the policy cycle requires a number of essential elements. The recent study investigated the drivers of change for micronutrient policies. The comparative review of three case studies of micronutrients policy processes in...