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...
Posted on January 13, 2017
Insects have often been described with words like "disgusting" and the idea of eating them horrifies some people. But this needs to change as they can be an important food source. Dr Saliou Niassy of the Univeristy of Pretoria and Sunday Ekesi of ICIPE explain why.
Posted on December 13, 2016
A recently completed study in Malawi shows that participatory governance, which emphasises citizen participation in governmental processes could support the practical implementation of gender equality.
Posted on December 12, 2016
Dr Gape Jongman, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Pretoria, recently won an award for the best poster at the GlobalGAP Summit 2016.
Posted on November 29, 2016
PHT-South Africa, a subsidiary of the global hygiene and technology company with the same name headquartered in Germany, recently donated a high end three-part hygiene facility worth R350 000 to the Department of Food Science at the University of Pretoria.
Posted on November 16, 2016
Prof Ronél Ferreira, Head of the Department of Educational Psychology in the Faculty of Education at the University of Pretoria (UP), uses intervention research to facilitate positive change in resource-constrained school settings and vulnerable communities. This style of research not only...
Posted on November 03, 2016
Following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Pretoria and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the Mexican Ambassador to South Africa, his Excellency Mr Mauricio Escanero instigated an initiative to bring together scientists working on food...
Posted on November 02, 2016
After a workshop to validate a new policy analysis tool, a young journalists aired this explanation
Posted on November 02, 2016
Nokuthula Vilakati, a post-doctoral Fellow at the University of the Pretoria at the Institute of Food Nutrition and Well-being, was one of 5 participants selected from 25 early career female researchers and scientists for the UK study tour to meet with leading UK experts in science communication.
Posted on October 14, 2016
Prof Lise Korsten, Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP) says for hand washing to be effective it must be practiced consistently at regular key times, at least five times a day. "Hands should be washed early in the morning, before and after handling fruit, before and...
Posted on October 03, 2016
A ready-to-drink sorghum-cowpea beverage developed by four Food Science students from the University of Pretoria, recently won them an international award.
Posted on August 19, 2016
A recent modelling experiment by researchers at the University of Pretoria shows that models that ignore the effect of extreme weather events in predicting crop yield could lead to over-predictions and over-confidence in the potential yield of crops.
Posted on August 10, 2016
Visit our brand new Research Matters website to find out more about how researchers at the University of Pretoria are working with poor communities to turn the tide on hunger.
Posted on August 01, 2016
The University of Pretoria's Institute for Food, Nutrition and Well-being is actively working with poor communities to turn the tide on hunger through various uplifting and innovative projects.
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