Posted on June 12, 2020
The first annual Animal Science Feedlot challenge
Posted on June 01, 2020
World Milk Day on 1 June is an international day established by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations to recognise the importance of milk as a global food.
Posted on June 01, 2020
African Development Bank Community of Practice on Agriculture and Covid-19 seminar
Posted on December 16, 2019
“Interdisciplinary research is a key competency for research-intensive universities such as the University of Pretoria, and we need to enable and amplify interdisciplinary research programmes so that we develop the capacity to respond meaningfully to global change challenges.” These...
Posted on December 05, 2019
One year ago United Nations Academic Impact announced the inauguration of the UNAI SDG Hubs, UNAI member institutions selected as exemplars for their innovative scholarship and engagement related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) who serve as resources for best practices for the UNAI...
Posted on December 05, 2019
Professor Esté van Marle-Köster, Head of the Department of Animal and Wildlife Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP), has been given the award for Gauteng Agriculturist of the Year. She received this prestigious award from Agricultural Writers South Africa at the association’s...
Posted on October 25, 2019
Not only did NATHouse win six awards at the annual Day and Faculty House Awards Ceremony hosted by the Division of Student Development (DSD) recently, but their Faculty Guardian, Dr Quenton Kritzinger, was also awarded as the Faculty Guardian of the Year. He also received this award in 2017.
Posted on October 18, 2019
Prof Hettie Schönfeldt, Director of the ARUA Centre of Excellence for Food Security led by UP and holder of a DST/NRF SARChl chair in the National Development Plan Priority Area of Nutrition and Food Security, was announced as the recipient of the distinguished Nevin Scrimshaw Award and...
Posted on October 14, 2019
Kyle Venter, an MSc (Agric) student in animal science in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP), has been given the Best Student Nutrition Poster Award for 2019 by the Animal Feed Manufacturers Association (AFMA).
Posted on October 02, 2019
Professor Barend Erasmus has been appointed as the Dean in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS) at the University of Pretoria (UP) from 1 October 2019.
Posted on August 29, 2019
At the recent 51st South African Society for Animal Science (SASAS) Congress, Professor Edward Webb, Deputy Dean: Research and Postgraduate Studies in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS), and his co-authors received the David Uys trophy for the best scientific article published...
Posted on August 28, 2019
Dr Linde du Toit, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Animal and Wildlife Sciences at the University of Pretoria, was recently awarded a bronze medal for his PhD thesis at the 51st South African Society for Animal Science (SASAS) Congress. Dr Josef van Wyngaard, an alumnus of the Department,...
Posted on May 02, 2019
Mr Stuart Taylor, a master’s degree student in Animal Science at the University of Pretoria (UP) recently won the award for the best graduate student presentation from the Southern Poultry Science Society (SPSS) at the annual meeting of the International Poultry Scientific Forum (IPSF) in...
Posted on April 16, 2019
Ms Micaela Sinclair-Black, an MSc (Agric) student in Animal Science at the University of Pretoria, recently received the Koos van der Merwe Award at the Animal Feed Manufacturers’ Association (AFMA) symposium.
Posted on April 05, 2019
Two seasoned academics from the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS), Prof Jan Verschoor (Biochemistry) and Prof Wentzel Schoeman (Chemistry) recently gave their own unique flavour to the term ‘soapbox’.
Posted on April 02, 2019
Micaela Sinclair-Black, a post-graduate student in the Department of Animal Science and a poultry research intern at Chemuniqué, was awarded the Koos van der Merwe award at the Animal Feed Manufacturers’ Association (AFMA) symposium at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria...
Posted on February 04, 2019
The second issue of the 2019 NAS T&L Bulletin was officially launched on 1 February 2019. According to Dr Rory Biggs from the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, one of the editorial members of the Bulletin, "The T&L@NAS Bulletin aims to be a forum for sharing thoughts,...
Posted on November 05, 2018
World-renowned University of Pretoria veterinarians Prof Gerhard Steenkamp and Dr Adrian Tordiffe this week performed intricate dental surgery on an elephant in Georgia, to remove its infected tusk.
Posted on May 16, 2018
I would highly recommend that each student pursuing a degree in Agriculture attend these excursions to the experimental farm hosted by the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development. Natalie Portman (Star Wars, Thor) once said: “I do not like studying – I...
Posted on November 21, 2017
Melissa van der Merwe from the University of Pretoria's Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development not only represented the University at the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA) Conference in Miami, Florida, but was also part of the case...
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