Tag: University of Pretoria

South Africa, represented by the University of Pretoria, is one of the key contributors to the InnoFoodAfrica project which aims to make food security a reality across the continent.

WATCH LIVE: In Global Entrepreneurship Month, Corteva AgriScience and the GIBS Entrepreneurship Development Academy are hosting a roundtable discussion to connect entrepreneurs, investors and researchers around the food security "triple ...

An innovative canine surgery performed at the Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital has pioneered the use of a technique that, until now, has only been possible at global universities and a few large referral veterinary practices.  During the successful ...

Today on the South African agricultural agenda we spotlight a webinar series discussing policy innovations around agri-tech, mechanisation, food systems and more. Also worthy of taking note of is the ...

Food For Mzansi’s Sinesipho Tom chats to Dr Marc Wegerif, a lecturer in development studies at the University of Pretoria. He has done extensive research on child stunting in Mzansi ...

When Cilliers Louw was a little boy his father would take him out of school on days when the veterinarians came to visit surrounding farming communities in the Boland. Cilliers ...

Van Greunen Boerdery, a dairy farm in George in the Western Cape, has already lost close to 400 calves due to the cryptosporidiosis disease, says the farm manager, Inga Butshingi. ...

Rise and shine, Mzansi! A busy day awaits in the agricultural sector. First up on our radar, today marks World Habitat Day which puts the lens on the state of ...

As we wave goodbye to September and welcome a brand-new month, here are three things to look forward to happening in Mzansi’s agricultural sector on the first day of October. ...

Nearly three years ago lawyer Lovelyn Bassey (36) took one of those tentative trips into downtown Johannesburg in hot pursuit of the delicacies of her native Nigeria. Like many of ...