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The University of Pretoria (UP) will co-lead the African-German Centre for Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems and Applied Agricultural and Food Data Science, known as UKUDLA. This centre will be part of the Future Africa Research Chair in Sustainable Food Systems...

The University of Pretoria (UP) recently launched the Africa-Europe Cluster of Research Excellence on Sustainable Food Systems (CoRE-SFS), a transformative initiative addressing Africa’s pressing agricultural challenges, particularly those brought on by climate change and rapid population growth, which place increasing strain on crop and livestock production.

The Qinisa Initiative, launched on 27 August 2024 in Pretoria, marks a critical step in tackling agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across Southern Africa. This programme is part of the ARUA Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Food Systems and hosted at Future Africa at the University of Pretoria.

On 22 October 2024, Future Africa hosted the fourth instalment of its Transdisciplinary (TD) Dialogue series, titled Complexity in Transdisciplinary Research: Creativity, Serendipity, and the Future of Academia...