New app will tell SA potato farmers exactly when, where and how much to water

Posted on March 25, 2024

With unpredictable electricity, rainfall and municipal water supply, South African farmers may need faith like potatoes to manage crop irrigation. New app will tell potato farmers exactly when, where and how much to water.

Pick n Pay partners to ‘save the whales’ with MRI Whale Unit

Posted on February 21, 2024

'Save the Whales’ is more than another call by environmental activists. The retail giant Pick n Pay has partnered with the University of Pretoria's (UP) Mammal Research Institute (MRI) Whale Unit to create their latest unique reusable bag to raise funds and create more awareness about the...

From quiver trees to kelp, watch for ‘species-on-the-move’ amid climate crisis

Posted on December 14, 2023

Watching for species-on-the-move at home, at work or on holiday is a way to empower a public filled with feelings of hopelessness toward productive climate action, says marine biologist at UP Dr Romina Henriques.

Africa should prepare for deadly listeriosis outbreaks, however rare

Posted on December 12, 2023

Although listeriosis cases and outbreaks are generally still rare in Africa, Dr Thulani Sibanda, a food scientist at UP, says we must be better prepared because bacterial foodborne diseases have the highest fatality rates.

December 2023 edition of the NAS Faculty newsletter (SquaredUP) available

Posted on December 11, 2023

The third edition for 2023 (December 2023) of the NAS Faculty newsletter (SquaredUP) is now available

Two UP professors elected as fellows of the Royal Society of South Africa

Posted on November 22, 2023

Prof Jacek Banasiak and Prof Jaco Greeff of UP’s Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences have been inaugurated into the Royal Society of South Africa, in what is yet another reflection of the high quality of academic staff at UP.

UP’s Prof Brenda Wingfield awarded prestigious John FW Herschel Medal

Posted on November 20, 2023

Prof Brenda Wingfield, an A-rated scientist at the University of Pretoria (UP), was recently awarded the Royal Society of South Africa'S (RSSA) prestigious John FW Herschel Medal.

AEERD scooped awards at prestigious international conference

Posted on November 08, 2023

A delegation comprising staff and students from the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension, and Rural Development (AEERD) at the University of Pretoria (UP) not only participated in a significant joint conference, the 7th African Conference of Agricultural Economists and the 60th Annual...