Posted on August 10, 2021
Dr Damien Jourdain from the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development passes his Habilitation to Direct Research exam through the University of Montpellier.
Posted on August 09, 2021
Today, we celebrate this day with two women from the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria. Dr Colleta Gandidzanwa and Dr Tracy Muwanga are both extraordinary women involved in research in Agricultural Sciences.
Posted on August 07, 2021
World Breastfeeding Week takes place annually between the 1st and 7th of August. It is a week that aims to raise awareness of the benefits that breastfeeding has for improving nutrition in children.
Posted on August 07, 2021
Women's Month: Focus on Ms Dolly Ayob
Posted on August 06, 2021
The Inaugural Address by Prof Sheryl Hendriks took place on 5 August 2021, and celebrated her work in Food Security And Nutrition over the course of her career.
Posted on August 01, 2021
NAS celebrates Women’s month in style, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Women’s Month
Posted on July 27, 2021
Answering the question of why people should study agricultural economics with the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension & Rural Development at the University of Pretoria.
Posted on July 27, 2021
The United Nations Food Systems Summit Science Days took place on the 8th and 9th July 2021, and Dr Elizabeth Mkandawire was one of three academics from the University of Pretoria who took part in the debates.
Posted on July 26, 2021
Register and join in on the conversation surround food security and systems.
Posted on July 26, 2021
Prof Sheryl Hendriks spoke about ending hunger in today's End Hunger Coalition
Posted on July 23, 2021
Meet Mr Manfred Molomo, Faculty Manager in the Dean’s Office in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS), who was appointed to NAS in June this year.
Posted on July 18, 2021
An op-ed written in celebration of Nelson Mandela Day,
Posted on July 08, 2021
All students are invited to submit a short academic article / academically referenced opinion piece for publication in our online writing platform, Alternate Horizons.
Posted on July 04, 2021
In the interest of promoting public education on food issues, particularly with respect to Food Safety, Food Additives and Food Processing, SAAFoST has established two Meritorious Awards for Food Science Journalism to recognise those local journalists whose reports are objective and...
Posted on June 30, 2021
News from the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development for May and June.
Posted on June 29, 2021
In partnership with the Academic Impact Initiative of the United Nations Department of Global Communications, the 1st International Academic Conference on the Sustainable Development Goals - "Why it Matters" As Part of the Decade of Action will be held 5-7 October, 2022 in the city of Orem, Utah,...
Posted on June 29, 2021
We chatted to Valiant Odhiambo about the research that he conducted for his Masters that formed part of the recently published paper, “The effect of an objective weighting of the Global Food Security Index's natural resources and resilience component on country scores and ranking”.
Posted on June 21, 2021
In the lead up to the Food Systems Pre-Summit and the World Food Day taking place later in the year, the Department of Global Communications within the UN Secretariat together with FAO, the UN Foundation, and Sony Pictures Entertainment launched a joint digital campaign with the characters from...
Posted on June 20, 2021
World Refugee Day is celebrated on the 20th of June. We celebrate this day with an opinion piece.
Posted on June 14, 2021
Blog post to introduce the BMC series SDG Editorial Board Members: Sheryl Hendriks
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