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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....

Research was conducted to gain insight into the extent and state of agroecological understanding, practice and advocacy in South and Southern Africa. The research aims to generate knowledge that will be useful to the Fastenaktion International Programme on Food Justice to inform its strategies and...

There is an urgent need to address hunger in South Africa – and the consequences of inadequate diets, where people eat the wrong food. South Africa’s policy on food and nutrition is poorly framed and badly implemented.  ...

Those in the food security space are invited to the online consultation on the V0 draft of the report "Reducing inequalities for food security and nutrition", launched by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN) of the Committee on World...

On 11 October, more than 30 people, including representatives of local and provincial government, donor organisations, academics and researchers, urban farmers, and grassroots organisations working within food systems participated in the Woza Nami Learning Journey. ...

Participate in the next African Food Dialogue featuring Nicholas Nisbet and Jane Battersby, founders of the Food Equity Centre. Facilitated by Prof Thuli Madonsela, Jane and Nicholas will present some of the initial thinking that is emerging from the Food Equity Centre and other related...

Across SA many food systems are broken, with farmers growing produce that is not sold in their own communities, and buyers travelling hundreds of kilometres to buy produce that is often grown in their own communities. Through Woza Nami local farmers are not only learning...

The Food Lab in partnership with the provincial Nourish to Flourish working group, the Centre of Excellence in Food Security, and the Western Cape Economic Development Partnership, facilitated a two-day Learning Lab in Langa, City of Cape Town on the 1st and 2nd of September 2022.  ...

Prof Scott Drimie and Kenneth Carden from the Southern Africa Food Lab, Bridgette Mabuela from the Seriti Institute, and Craig Schwabe of AfricaScope present findings of the research from a project initiated by the UNDP on food loss and waste and implementation of solutions....

The Food Lab, in partnership with the provincial Nourish to Flourish working group, the Centre of Excellence in Food Security, and the Western Cape Economic Development Partnership, facilitated a two-day Learning Journey in Langa, City of Cape Town on the 1st and 2nd of September 2022.  ...