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Indigenous trees might be the secret to climate resilient dairy farming in Benin

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Dr Alassan Assani Seidou shows how integrating indigenous trees into dairy farming systems in Benin improves cattle health, boosts milk production and strengthens climate resilience in dryland regions.

Climate change literacy in early education

Dr Sarah Otanga explores climate change literacy in early education as part of her research fellowship hosted by Future Africa at the University of Pretoria.
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How Future Africa at UP advances One Health in Africa

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Future Africa at the University of Pretoria is advancing a One Health approach that integrates human, animal and environmental health to address climate change, pandemic risk and sustainability challenges across Africa

Call for Applications: PhD scholarship grants 2026 (UKUDLA)

The African German Centre for Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems and Applied Agricultural and Food Data Science, which is funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with funds from the Federal Foreign Office (AA), the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity (BMLEH) in Germany offers scholarships to German and African applicants to support a PhD-thesis research projects in Southern Africa in cooperation with one of our partner institutions.

Prof Frans Swanepoel concludes tenure as Future Africa Research Chair for Sustainable Food Systems

Future Africa bids farewell to Professor Frans Swanepoel, who concludes his tenure as Research Chair for Sustainable Food Systems at the end of December 2025.

Future Africa introduces new cohort of research fellows from 10 African countries

Future Africa at the University of Pretoria introduces 22 outstanding early-career researchers as the second cohort of the FAR-LeaF Fellowship. Supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the programme builds research leadership, collaboration and transdisciplinary skills to address Africa’s most complex sustainability challenges.

Future Africa’s One Health Chair strengthens Africa’s voice in global health leadership

Professor Wanda Markotter, Future Africa’s One Health Chair at UP, advances Africa’s role in global health governance through high-level engagements in Berlin and Geneva.

New Future Africa learning lab reimagines people–nature relations in Africa

Future Africa has launched the African Political Ecologies Learning Lab, creating a space for African scholars to explore people–nature relations and strengthen locally grounded sustainability research. Interested researchers can contact

Land, loss and legacy: can South Africa’s natural heritage ever be shared?

South Africa’s landscapes are breathtaking, but can they ever be truly shared? In this opinion piece, Future Africa's Prof Maano Ramutsindela and Dr Clarietta Chagwiza reflect on how colonial legacies, conservation practices and land reform shape our relationship with nature, and what it will take to make heritage a collective good.

The Tomato Paradox: When abundance meets shortage in Africa’s food systems

Marking World Food Day 2025, Dr Ololade Abdulrahman, a Research Fellow in the Future Africa Research Leadership Fellowship programme, examines Nigeria’s “Tomato Paradox” and calls for innovation to strengthen Africa’s agrifood systems.

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