African scientists working together to solve Food insecurity using digital technology

Posted on November 27, 2019

The world is being ushered into a new industrial future, which is set to change in a fundamental way, how people live daily. The Fourth Industrial Revolution will be fundamentally different from earlier industrial revolutions in its scope and complexity, as well as its scale. The rate, depth and...

Exploring the unknown territory of big data in the food and agricultural landscape

Posted on November 25, 2019

The 2nd African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) conference was held in Nairobi from 18-20 November. This biennial event brings together the brightest minds from across Africa to foster diaglog on key development issues and how it can be addressed - in Africa for Africa. This years’...

UP and partners awarded grant to evaluate South African sodium targets for processed food

Posted on November 21, 2019

The University of Pretoria and its partners have been awarded a grant to evaluate how well the South African food industry is complying with sodium targets for processed foods, and to develop monitoring systems around mandatory sodium targets in such foods.

ARUA Second Biennial Conference

Posted on November 11, 2019

Africa and the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Defining a Role for Research Universities http://arua.org.za/category/2019-conference-info/

Launch ARUA Centre of Excellence in Food Security

Posted on December 13, 2018

Newly launched research centre for food security aims to transform food policy