Seven African countries show how the battle against malnutrition can be won

Posted on October 26, 2017

A number of African countries are taking bold action to tackle malnutrition. They have successfully implemented a range of actions that have started to improve nutrition for all.

UP launches new food labs for consumer science students

Posted on September 21, 2017

The Department of Consumer Science at the University of Pretoria (UP) recently unveiled newly renovated food laboratories that will accommodate more students with better equipment.

Sorghum in the 21st Century

Posted on September 15, 2017

Cape Town, South Africa will be the venue of the 2018 global sorghum conference, “Sorghum in the 21st Century: Food, Feed and Fuel in a Rapidly Changing World,” on April 9-12, 2018. The conference, the first of its kind in over 30 years, will see hundreds of participants from around...

Applying health research in South African schools for learners' well-being

Posted on August 23, 2017

A collaborative study involving local and international researchers has created an intervention strategy to help improve the diet and lifestyle of schoolchildren in South Africa.

Solving food insecurity will be no picnic, researchers say

Posted on August 23, 2017

South Africa has a tradition of evidence-based decision making, grounded in the findings of national surveys. But many of them remain a largely untapped resource for understanding the contextual experience of food insecurity.

New nutrition education programme to help children eat healthy

Posted on August 07, 2017

Through her doctoral work with the Institute for Food Nutrition and Wellbeing at UP, Deborah Kupolati is helping a new generation eat healthier by developing a nutrition education programme for primary school teachers.

Team SA wins 2017 IFAMA Case Study Competition

Posted on June 29, 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...

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.