Featured Research: Food & Nutrition

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New UP project to support South African dairy industry

Mastitis is one of the most common diseases affecting dairy cattle, causing huge annual financial losses to the dairy industry. Antibiotics are usually administered to treat this infectious and occasionally fatal disease of the mammary glands.

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Why it's hard to control the Fall armyworm in southern Africa

The native range of the Fall armyworm – Spodoptera frugiperda – is in South and North America. But it's rapidly spreading across southern Africa. This follows the first reports of its arrival on the African continent in Nigeria in January 2016. Within a year it spread, reaching South Africa by January 2017.

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When men tackle mother and child health: Lessons from Malawi

Talk of gender mainstreaming – the assessing of all policies, programmes, laws and interventions on the basis of their impact on both men and women at all levels – often attracts sceptical criticism. One of the most significant challenges the concept has faced has been the absence of specific goals on gender equality in various areas of policy.

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Could the humble chicken be the solution to sustainable food security in Africa?

This was one of the fundamental questions posed at the recent official opening of the Poultry Nutrition and Management Research Facility on the University's Experimental Farm.

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Food security in rural South Africa

South Africans are hungry. That is the harsh reality faced by poor communities that make up more than half of the population. The masses simply aren't eating a diet that is diverse or wholesome enough to get the right amount of nourishment they need.The University of Pretoria’s Institute for Food Nutrition and Wellbeing (IFNuW) is actively working with poor communities to turn the tide on...

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Food Security in Rural South Africa - Homegrown solutions for South Africa's hungry

South Africans are hungry. That is the harsh reality faced by poor communities that make up more than half of the population. The masses simply aren't eating a diet that is diverse or wholesome enough to get the right amount of nourishment they need.