Posted on July 23, 2021
AGRF Summit 2021 September 06-10, 2021 Theme: "Pathways to Recovery and Resilient Food Systems"
Posted on June 07, 2021
The ARUA-UKRI GCRF FSNet-Africa project, a flagship project under the ARUA Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Food Systems, has developed a novel research model that aims to contribute to the quest for zero hunger in Africa.
Posted on May 17, 2021
To progress towards sustainable and just food systems, Agri4D will bring together researchers, policymakers and practitioners to engage actively with the challenges of food systems. The conference aims to be a platform to take stock of the current knowledge frontier, connect science to...
Posted on May 13, 2021
Research Fellowship initiated by the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), with support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, to support a total of thirteen (13) Early-Career Research Fellows to undertake globally competitive research at the ARUA Centres of Excellence (CoEs).
Posted on May 10, 2021
SAFEGUARDING AND COMPLIANCE TRAINING SEMINAR FOR RESEARCHERS - Free online event. Date: 21 MAY 2021 Time: 07:00 GMT / 09:00 SAST / 10:00 EAT
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
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
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.
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...
Posted on November 26, 2020
Research by Dr Clarity Ropafadzo Mapengo, who recently graduated from UP has found that infrared energy can be used to make starch in foods like maize meal less digestible, thereby promoting satiety and potentially decreasing the risk and incidence of diabetes and obesity.
Posted on November 02, 2020
While Africa faces food insecurity challenges, there are also immense possibilities and opportunities for ending global hunger and malnutrition.
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).
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...
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).
Posted on September 23, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has left many without a source of income. This has had devastating effects on household food security, a disastrous reality which prompted the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Community Oriented Primary Care Research Unit (COPC), to start an initiative.
Posted on September 16, 2020
The University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce the appointment of Professor Lindiwe Majele Sibanda as Director of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) Centre of Excellence in Food Security, hosted at UP in collaboration with the University of Nairobi, Kenya, and the University...
Posted on August 12, 2020
As we celebrate Women’s Month in South Africa, it is a fitting time to reflect on the role of women in food and nutrition security on the African continent.
Posted on July 29, 2020
Prominent sensory-consumer scientist Professor Hely Tuorila, professor emeritus at the University of Helsinki in Finland, has been appointed an extraordinary professor in the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Department of Consumer and Food Sciences.
Posted on July 22, 2020
The recently awarded Food Systems Research Network for Africa, a collaborative initiative between the University of Pretoria, the University of Leeds and the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network, is a good example of partnerships for building capacity that are key for...
Posted on July 16, 2020
Many policies to widen access to University Education in Africa have been put in place by several Governments. As a result, there has been an increase in demand for Universities to demonstrate the value for money invested in Higher Education. In Africa, many Universities are consistently doing...
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