Science has the power to boost farming in Africa. But a lot has to change

Posted on June 26, 2017

Professor Frans Swanepoel from the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship at the University of Pretoria, discusses the possibilities that science offers for the future of farming and food security in Africa.

Team SA wins 2017 IFAMA Case Study Competition

Posted on June 26, 2017

Melissa van der Merwe, a PhD student in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development at UP, did her Department proud at the recent International Food and Agribusiness Management Association Conference, by not only presenting results from her PhD in the academic track...

UP expert instrumental in international warehouse receipt project

Posted on June 23, 2017

Dr Andre van der Vyver from the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development at the University of Pretoria (UP), who is also a USAID contracted and world renowned warehouse receipt expert, was instrumental in the introduction of a modern, sophisticated process by which...

UP joins worldwide research project to fight bacteria affecting tropical and subtropical crops

Posted on June 22, 2017

The University of Pretoria (UP) has become a partner in the TROPICSAFE project, an initiative to fight three economically important bacterial diseases of citrus plants, grapevines and palms.

UP biochemistry graduate earns Fulbright Scholarship

Posted on June 22, 2017

Lungelo Mandyoli, who completed his MSc degree in Biochemistry at the University of Pretoria's Department of Biochemistry in 2016, has been selected as a fellow of the Fulbright Scholarship - the flagship foreign exchange programme for the US - to complete his PhD in biochemistry at Texas A&M...

Prestigious Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship awarded to Prof Robert Millar

Posted on June 09, 2017

The prestigious Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship was presented to University of Pretoria and University of Cape Town faculty member Professor Robert Millar on Friday, 2 June, for his work in neuroendocrinology.

One step closer to malaria elimination

Posted on June 08, 2017

An international collaborative effort, including researchers from UP, the University of Cape Town and partners, has resulted in the identification of a new chemical compound that can potentially eliminate malaria.

Opinion: African scientists are punching above their weight and changing the world

Posted on June 07, 2017

John Butler-Adam, Editor-in-Chief of the South African Journal of Science and Consultant to the Vice-Principal for Research and Postgraduate Education at the University of Pretoria, writes about Africa's contribution to world research in an article that recently appeared on The Conversation.