Invitation to Submit Abstracts - ARUA Biennial International Conference 2021

Posted on May 06, 2021

Invitation to submit abstracts for the ARUA 2021 Biennial International Conference, taking place 18-20 November 2021. Theme: Global Public Health Challenges – Facing Them in Africa. Deadline: 31 May 2021

Science is exhilarating

Posted on April 22, 2021

NAS Featured scientist: Prof Lise Korsten (Professor in Plant Pathology and Co-Director of the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security

Tasty, healthy and African: UP plays its part in international project to promote local crops and develop new food products

Posted on February 11, 2021

UP is representing South Africa in a 20-partner African and European consortium to boost food security and nutrition in Africa.

Change of Centre of Excellence Name - ARUA Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Food Systems

Posted on January 28, 2021

Food systems are central to addressing the global challenges of poverty, hunger, and the triple burden of malnutrition. Radical global changes, including emerging technologies both inside and outside the agriculture sector, are creating new challenges and opportunities. How these global trends...

World Food Day: UP co-hosts webinar on African Action for Zero Hunger

Posted on November 02, 2020

While Africa faces food insecurity challenges, there are also immense possibilities and opportunities for ending global hunger and malnutrition.

Three UP researchers elected to Academy of Science of South Africa

Posted on October 16, 2020

Three internationally renowned researchers from UP's Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences - Professor Roumen Anguelov, Professor Andre Ganswindt and Professor Sheryl Hendriks - have been elected to the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf).

World Food Day: Child nutrition is everyone’s responsibility

Posted on October 15, 2020

With the current increasing rates of malnutrition, infant mortality, poverty, hunger and food insecurity, the future of the African child is at stake. These are children who need to contribute to the economic “rescuing” and growth of the continent and the world at large. The cost of...

South Africa’s social welfare net in need of reinforcement, say panellists at Centre of Excellence in Food Security UP webinar

Posted on September 25, 2020

A long and hard conversation about a basic income grant, or BIG, is looming for South Africa, said an expert at a recent webinar hosted by the national Centre of Excellence in Food Security (CoE-FS), based at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) and the University of Pretoria (UP).