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      • Urban Food System Thinking
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      • Woza Nami
      • Taking local food systems recalibration to scale
      • Reconnecting and recalibrating local food systems and eThekwini and iLembe
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      • The rollout of food safety standards amongst small scale farmers
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16 May Drowning in hunger and despair – food insecurity in a small Western Cape railway town

Posted at 11:10h in Uncategorized by Carolyn Cramer
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The burden of hunger in Touws River is heavy, as a recent learning journey revealed. Understanding how the local food system works is crucial to stemming further socioeconomic breakdown in this and other small rural towns....

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28 Apr A serious proposal to overcome child hunger… but will we choose it?

Posted at 11:54h in Uncategorized by Carolyn Cramer
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As you read this article millions of children in South Africa will be hungry. The hunger they experience, and ironically the cheap food they eat to stave it off, is causing malnutrition and undernutrition that will damage their physical and mental health, as well as...

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28 Apr The Presidential Employment Stimulus has been a huge success, so why isn’t it a priority?

Posted at 11:33h in Uncategorized by Carolyn Cramer
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The massive, ambitious programme offers participants - and the economy - real hope....

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28 Apr Big changes for chips, cereals, sodas and other popular snack foods in South Africa

Posted at 10:57h in Uncategorized by Carolyn Cramer
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The Department of Health has taken another step towards making sweeping changes to food labelling in South Africa, including warnings signs on unhealthy foods....

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14 Apr ANH Academy keynote speech: Kumi Naidoo

Posted at 09:49h in Uncategorized by Carolyn Cramer
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Register for ANH2023! The Agriculture, Nutrition & Health Academy Week takes place from 19-30 June 2023 in Malawi and online. Visit this page for more information and to register...

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03 Apr Petition to reduce the digital divide

Posted at 07:05h in Uncategorized by Carolyn Cramer
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There is much wrong in South Africa, but there is a lot we can do right now like putting in place a simple system to zero-rate the digital content of PBOs....

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03 Apr South Africans are borrowing money to fund groceries — study

Posted at 06:46h in Uncategorized by Carolyn Cramer
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The FinScope Consumer study shows that the main reason people saved or borrowed money in 2022 was to pay for living expenses, specifically food and groceries....

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02 Mar Eskom – starving the country to fund the feeding trough

Posted at 07:54h in Uncategorized by Carolyn Cramer
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Cumulatively, the alleged annual loss to corruption within just one of South Africa’s 24 state-owned enterprises costs the country more than all of its school feeding, early childhood development feeding and emergency food aid programmes combined....

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02 Feb Trading to Eat: How The Informal Economy is Hunger-Proofing Africa’s Cities

Posted at 14:10h in Uncategorized by Carolyn Cramer
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In many African cities, informal food traders sell everything from fresh produce to fried chicken feet at affordable prices to people who need food most – providing what is arguably Africa’s largest nutritional safety net....

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01 Feb Young ambassadors inspiring Masiphumelele’s children to eat healthier

Posted at 08:06h in Uncategorized by Carolyn Cramer
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The Nourished Child Ambassador Programme is an initiative following a multi-university research project that looked to find answers for addressing malnutrition among women and children. The research was conducted in Zweletemba and Masiphumelele. ...

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