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...
The massive, ambitious programme offers participants - and the economy - real hope....
The Department of Health has taken another step towards making sweeping changes to food labelling in South Africa, including warnings signs on unhealthy foods....
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...
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....
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....
Ways of including animals and plants into the food system while still supporting conservation were discussed at a recent African Food Dialogue panel discussion at Stellenbosch University (SU). The event was hosted by the SU Faculty of AgriSciences and the Southern Africa Food Lab...
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....
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....
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. ...
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. ...
In South Africa, a series of place-based learning journeys is helping public officials understand food systems issues through direct experience, with the potential to inform public policy...
The African food dialogues are an initiative of the Southern African Food Lab, which is housed in the Faculty of AgriSciences bringing together a panel of leading experts on the food system. The most recent dialogue focused on nutrition inequality with Nicholas Nisbett (IDS, Sussex,...
Homestead and smallholder farmer networks and CSO support networks are active and ready to work with government to assist in realising commonly-held national development objectives. ...
The health of the child reflects the health of the community. “If we see one child with severe acute malnutrition we know that behind them there are another four or five people who also do not have enough to eat."...
In South Africa, a series of place-based learning journeys is helping public officials understand food systems issues through direct experience, with the potential to inform public policy....
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...