Posted on June 29, 2021
In partnership with the Academic Impact Initiative of the United Nations Department of Global Communications, the 1st International Academic Conference on the Sustainable Development Goals - "Why it Matters" As Part of the Decade of Action will be held 5-7 October, 2022 in the city of Orem, Utah,...
Posted on June 21, 2021
In the lead up to the Food Systems Pre-Summit and the World Food Day taking place later in the year, the Department of Global Communications within the UN Secretariat together with FAO, the UN Foundation, and Sony Pictures Entertainment launched a joint digital campaign with the characters from...
Posted on June 14, 2021
Blog post to introduce the BMC series SDG Editorial Board Members: Sheryl Hendriks
Posted on June 07, 2021
Food: Safe for some, dangerous to others
Posted on June 04, 2021
The Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship hosted the first webinar, 'Climate Change and Problems of Scale' as part of the series, 'Engaging the Environmental Publics'.
Posted on May 28, 2021
On the 18th of May, the Youth Pledge on Act4Food, Act4Change was launched.
Posted on May 21, 2021
As part of the upcoming UN Food Systems Summit, research partners of the scientific group, including Prof Sheryl Hendriks, have prepared a brief on the cost and affordability of preparing a basic meal around the world.
Posted on May 13, 2021
BMC Public Health has launched a call for papers for the ‘food systems and food security’ collection guest edited by Editorial Board Members Sheryl Hendriks, Hirotsugu Aiga and Tarra Penney.
Posted on May 04, 2021
Prof Sheryl Hendriks from the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, is working as part of the UN Food Systems Summit Scientific Group in the lead up to the UN Food Systems Summit that is taking place later this year.
Posted on April 12, 2021
Share your feedback on the initial ideas for creating more sustainable food systems.
Posted on April 08, 2021
Prof Sheryl Hendriks co-writes paper "Healthy diet: A definition for the United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021"
Posted on September 02, 2020
Large-scale land acquisitions have been increasing in developing countries following the 2007/8 high food price crisis. Countries with limited agricultural potential, like Gulf states, have been driving foreign acquisitions in developing countries. Many developing country governments see these...
Posted on August 19, 2020
Many countries have yet to feel the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic – which will certainly not be limited to the health of the people. Government restrictions, attempts to adapt, and the direct effects of the disease are likely to change the way people earn a living. Humanitarian...
Posted on August 12, 2020
As we celebrate Women’s Month in South Africa, it is a fitting time to reflect on the role of women in food and nutrition security on the African continent.
Posted on July 08, 2020
Food insecurity and malnutrition are not new to the African continent. Millions of lives are lost each year because of hunger. Many of these are children. The COVID-19 pandemic has accentuated the sluggishness of African governments in addressing food insecurity and has also fuelled the demand to...
Posted on July 01, 2020
COVID-19 has had a severe effect on the supply and demand of food production, and could lead to a severe food security crisis unless Africa has the most appropriate policies in place.
Posted on June 11, 2020
The informal food sector in South Africa fulfils an essential role in the fight against hunger and is a R360-billion a year industry. But it has been walloped by the national lockdown, which has had a severe impact on the 70% of residents of informal settlements who buy from these traders.
Posted on June 11, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has accentuated the sluggishness of governments in addressing significant development challenges. This is especially true for the areas of food security and nutrition. Our recently published paper highlights bottlenecks in the policy process that stall effective implementation.
Posted on June 09, 2020
While it will take time to fully understand the scope of COVID-19’s impact on food and agriculture, we can look at the current state of food systems in Africa and what countries are doing to ensure that the food security of tens of millions of people does not succumb to the worst...
Posted on June 08, 2020
Small-scale fishers in South Africa remain significantly marginalised, and the emergence of COVID-19 has worsened the situation.
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