New search feature transforms access to articles on UP-hosted SDG repository

Posted on February 14, 2023

The South African Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Hub, hosted by UP, has revolutionised its search function to make it easier for policymakers and others to have quick access to relevant research about the SDGs.

NAS Faculty newsletter for December 2022 (third edition) is now available

Posted on December 13, 2022

NAS Faculty newsletter for December 2022 is now available

Honey-making begins at the flower, according to new UP discovery

Posted on December 09, 2022

Prof Susan Nicolson from UP’s Department of Zoology and Entomology, and her colleagues, Dr Hannelie Human and Prof Christian Pirk, discovered that honeybees removed most of the water while collecting nectar from macadamia flowers.

Prof Reyers plays instrumental role in UN’s latest Human Development Report

Posted on November 03, 2022

Prof Belinda Reyers, Professor of Sustainability Science in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria, has spent the past three years working with the team behind the UN Human Development Report as a member of their Advisory Group and a member of the...

UP scholars honoured by the Academy of Science of South Africa

Posted on October 24, 2022

The criteria for election is “significant achievement in the advancement and application of science/ scholarship, both nationally and internationally”. Members are drawn from the wide spectrum of disciplines.

UP EXPERT OPINION: South Africa’s small-scale farmers still can’t find a place in the food value chain

Posted on October 19, 2022

Dr's Adrino Mazenda and Tyanai Masiya, both of the School of Public Management and Administration at UP write that “the contribution of the small scale agricultural sector to the South African food value addition agenda is restricted on many frontiers which require government...

#worldfoodday2022: UP entomologists working towards food security

Posted on October 17, 2022

UP’s Prof Christopher Weldon and his team are working to secure access to fruit by finding better ways to monitor insect pest populations, reduce pest populations without relying on widespread use of insecticides, and limit the damage caused by pest insects.

Newly launched National Biosecurity Hub to support the prevention, reduction and management of crop and animal diseases

Posted on October 13, 2022

“The hub will significantly enhance collaborative working arrangements between government and stakeholders affected by biosecurity threats, rather than having these groups act independently or in isolation,” said Prof Sunil Maharaj.