MSc student wins Best Oral Presentation Award at International Conference

Posted on December 06, 2016

Ms Samantha Jamison, a master's student in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Pretoria, recently won the prize for the Best Student Oral Presentation at the 2016 Seed Ecology Conference, organised by the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Brazil.

Food Science receives state-of-the-art hygiene facility

Posted on November 29, 2016

PHT-South Africa, a subsidiary of the global hygiene and technology company with the same name headquartered in Germany, recently donated a high end three-part hygiene facility worth R350 000 to the Department of Food Science at the University of Pretoria.

Prof Andrew McKechnie leads Zoology and Entomology

Posted on November 24, 2016

Prof Andrew McKechnie has been appointed as the new Head of the Department of Zoology and Entomology in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences from 1 November 2016.

UP hosts Maize Symposium in partnership with Mexican Embassy and SAAFoST

Posted on November 03, 2016

Following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Pretoria and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the Mexican Ambassador to South Africa, his Excellency Mr Mauricio Escanero instigated an initiative to bring together scientists working on food...

Hear a young journalist explain our new policy analysis tool

Posted on November 02, 2016

After a workshop to validate a new policy analysis tool, a young journalists aired this explanation

UP signs MoU with Instituto Nacional De Tecnologia Agropecuaria

Posted on November 02, 2016

A memorandum of understanding was signed between the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria, Prof Cheryl de la Rey, and a delegation from the Instituto Nacional De Tecnologia Agropecuaria at a meeting held on the University's Hatfield Campus in October 2016.

'Shoki-Nwa' scoops up Best Presentation Award at International Competition

Posted on October 03, 2016

A ready-to-drink sorghum-cowpea beverage developed by four Food Science students from the University of Pretoria, recently won them an international award.

Could the humble chicken be the solution to sustainable food security in Africa?

Posted on September 27, 2016

The Poultry Nutrition and Management Research Facility on the University's Experimental Farm was recently upgraded to the amount of R2 million, with a major part of the cost being covered through collaboration with generous sponsors from the poultry industry.