Visiting professors from Iowa State University share expertise

Posted on March 11, 2015

Food safety research, challenges and cooperative extension were the topics that Professors Cathy Strohbehn and Lakshman Rajagopal shared with faculty staff members and postgraduate students attending the mini symposium on Food Safety Challenges and Opportunities during the last week of February.

Eskom and Sasol invest in atmospheric research at the University of Pretoria

Posted on February 25, 2015

The University of Pretoria (UP), with support from Eskom and Sasol, recently launched the Laboratory for Atmospheric Studies (LAS).

Have your (low GI) cake and eat it

Posted on February 23, 2015

Research by Prof Mohammad Naushad Emmambux, associate professor at UP’s Department of Food Science, and his colleagues has shown that it is possible to modify high GI starch using fatty acids so that it becomes a low GI starch.

Vibrant life in the ground below

Posted on February 19, 2015

Imagine castles of clay and flourishing life in the soils below. Endemic to the soils of Africa is the fascinating small mammal known as the mole-rat that lives underground, excavating burrow systems that may extend for more than a kilometre.

Prof Jean Lubuma appointed as Dean of Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences

Posted on February 10, 2015

Prof J-M (Jean) Lubuma is the new Dean of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences with effect from 15 March 2015. Commencing his studies at the University of Kinshasa, DRC where he obtained his BSc and BSc (Hons) degrees, Prof Lubuma completed the MSc and PhD degrees in Mathematics at...

Prof Brenda Wingfield honoured

Posted on February 04, 2015

Prof Brenda Wingfield has received the Christiaan Hendrik Persoon medal - the highest award that the SASPP can make to a member.

Research on the influence of temperature on the vectors of African horse sickness conducted at UP

Posted on November 27, 2014

Research done at the University of Pretoria has found that the abundant occurrence of two species of midges that cause AHS could be due to their ability to withstand cold temperatures.

BFAP receives Inspiration Award of the Year from Grain SA

Posted on November 14, 2014

The Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP), with offices located at the University of Pretoria, the University of Stellenbosch, and the Western Cape Department of Agriculture recently received an Inspiration Award from Grain SA at the Grain Producer of the Year function.