22 Aug PhD opportunities available: Food Lab case study
The Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University is offering two PhD posts for the TRANSMOD project...
15 Aug Navigating Climate Resilience: Insights from Community-Based Adaptation Projects
A recent study published in Sustainability Science highlights the successes and challenges faced by community-based adaptation projects, providing valuable insights into how these initiatives can enhance resilience against climate-related risks. The study examines the growing use of neglected and underutilized species - traditional, locally-adapted plants...
15 Aug A new social compact must put children at the centre of South Africa’s national development
Adequate investment in early childhood development (ECD) is the most effective action a country can take to break cycles of intergenerational poverty. This means ensuring children attend quality early learning programmes, are safe, cared for and have access to nutritious food so that their bodies...
15 Aug South Africa has a protein security problem and VAT exempting more foods won’t solve malnutrition
More than a quarter of our children have a deep and chronic lack of protein that undermines their potential and is a ball-and-chain around the ankles of economic productivity and long-term growth....
26 Jul Opportunities and Challenges for a Just Transition in the South African Food System: Insights from the Beef Industry
The Institute for Economic Justice and East Cape Agricultural Research Project have released an important working paper into cattle and beef production, which provides a useful case study to examine food system just transition questions because of its notable intersections with climate change and jobs...
19 Jul The global food system is owned by an ever smaller number of companies – it’s damaging our health, our communities and the planet
Across the world, over 800 million people spend their days hungry. More than 2 billion have limited access to food. Yet today’s global food system produces enough to feed every person on the planet....
16 Jul The triple burden of malnutrition that haunts South Africa and stunts development
How can we move towards less poverty and a more equitable food landscape as a step towards increased human health, economic development and a more realistic notion of freedom of choice?...
18 Jun The health minister SA needs: astute politician, inspired leader, humble and fair
By month end, South Africa will have a new Minister of Health. Ufrieda Ho asked some academics and activists what qualities that person should have to tackle the key health issues the country faces....
23 May Levels of food security hinge on the “three worlds” problem, says Dr Ngwenya
The three worlds that South Africans simultaneously occupy in one country seriously impede food security on a household level for all citizens. It is a given that their respective access to assets or capital greatly influences the level of food security that citizens will experience....
10 May Growing food, growing people – the miracle of Bonakude
In four short years, Prof Mvu Ngcoya and Linda Lazarczyková, stirred by passion and commitment, have turned an inhospitable farm plot in rural KZN into a model of transformation and delicious, nutritious food. Be in charge of your plate, be in charge of your freedom?...