Featured Research: Sustainability

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Using technology to create SMART foods for a healthier you

Healthy foods are often expensive and time consuming to prepare. While the diets of lower-income earners are often energy dense, they tend to be low in other nutritional components such as protein, fibre, vitamins, minerals and health-promoting phytochemicals.

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Ready to beat Malaria

Malaria is a vicious disease that is Africa’s leading cause of death among children under the age of five. Millions of people in Africa are infected with it and 90% of the world’s reported cases occur on the continent.

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Food policy and nutrition economics in the SDG era

For analysts and academics alike, the world of development policy changes quickly. Decision-makers are faced with increasing complexity and a growing list of elements that have to be taken into account in policy reform and design.

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Forests are living on the edge – and this is not a good thing

Forests are living habitats that contain life in all its incredible forms. Towering trees create canopies that are home to an array of species – many of which are found only in the forests they occupy.

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

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.

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Indigenous bacteria gives maize crops a helping hand

A local bacteria that grows around plant roots could help SA farmers save money by improving maize yields and reducing crop water stress. According to researchers at the University of Pretoria’s (UPs) Department of Plant and Soil Science, this environmentally-friendly agricultural solution is almost ready for commercial use.