We must protect children’s access to nutritious food during and beyond the pandemic, writes UP expert

Posted on July 08, 2020

Food insecurity and malnutrition are not new to the African continent. Millions of lives are lost each year because of hunger. Many of these are children. The COVID-19 pandemic has accentuated the sluggishness of African governments in addressing food insecurity and has also fuelled the demand to...

LeadUP online series: “Africa cannot afford a situation where a food crisis outweighs a health crisis” – panellist on food security in Africa amid COVID-19

Posted on June 30, 2020

COVID-19 has had a severe effect on the supply and demand of food production, and could lead to a severe food security crisis unless Africa has the most appropriate policies in place.

World Milk Day: ‘Milk and dairy products are an important component of a prudent diet’ writes UP expert

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.

ANALYSIS: Food aid parcels in South Africa could do with a better nutritional balance

Posted on April 24, 2020

Food insecurity is a reality for many South African households, with approximately 50% of households living under the poverty line and not being able to afford basic healthy eating. Low-income households typically spend about a third of total expenditure on food.

Capacity building for food composition data in Africa

Posted on March 31, 2020

During the early-European winter, 24 participants from 20 countries attended a one-week training course on The Production and Use of Food Composition Data in Nutrition. The course was offered by the Division of Human Nutrition of Wageningen University and Graduate School VLAG (The Netherlands) in...

[LISTEN] Pasha 52: Taking a look at healthy food in South Africa

Posted on February 24, 2020

Professor Lise Korsten, co-director at the Centre of Excellence in Food Security at the University of Pretoria, discusses the importance of healthy food. She also looks at the steps that can be taken to ensure that outbreaks like the listeriosis outbreak that recently hit South Africa hard do not...

AFROFOODS Newsletter

Posted on January 14, 2020

AFROFOODS is a network of African countries with their national organisations and experts for food composition data. The aim is to support and harmonise national collection and management of food composition data. AFROFOODS was established in September 1994 in Ghana and is part of the...

University of Pretoria: Striving to Feed 10 Billion People by 2050

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...