Posted on May 24, 2017
Getting multi-sectoral policy issues on the policy agenda and through the policy cycle requires a number of essential elements. The recent study investigated the drivers of change for micronutrient policies. The comparative review of three case studies of micronutrients policy processes in...
Posted on May 19, 2017
Dr Nokuthula Vilakazi, a Post Doctoral Fellow with the Institute for Food, Nutrition and Well-being recently participated in a rural development seminar in Beijing, China. The seminar demonstrated how rual development can harness the potential of rural areas ensuring these keep pace with the...
Posted on May 16, 2017
Prof Sheryl Hendriks, Director of the University of Pretoria's Institute for Food, Nutrition and Well-being has been appointed to serve on the new Malabo Montpellier Panel.
Posted on April 20, 2017
The Department of Consumer Science recently celebrated the official unveiling of their newly renovated food laboratories and the 90th anniversary of the Department at UP.
Posted on April 09, 2017
Professor Sheryl Hendriks, Director of the University of Pretoria's Institute for Food, Nutrition and Well-being joined some 40 experts from more than 20 countries at the headquarters of the German National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina, in Halle, Germany during 2 - 5 April to compare and...
Posted on April 04, 2017
Itumeleng Magabane, a second-year MScAgric student in Food Science and Technology at the University of Pretoria was recently awarded the Brian Koeppen Memorial scholarship of the South African Association for Food Science and Technology (SAAFoST).
Posted on February 17, 2017
Over the past few years, global discussions on how to link agriculture and nutrition have moved to a more proactive approach – pondering how to make the entire food system nutrition sensitive. However, as food systems advance, they can also create unhealthy food environments that...
Posted on February 03, 2017
South Africa's much-debated sugar tax is due to kick in from April 1 2017. It aims to reduce people's sugar consumption by upping the price of sugar-sweetened beverages. Hettie Schönfeldt, Nicolette Hall and Beulah Pretorius say the tax is absolutely crucial to tackle the spike in...
Copyright © University of Pretoria 2024. All rights reserved.
Get Social With Us
Download the UP Mobile App