Putting the final touched to the CoE in Food Security stand, at the annual NRF Director's Forum Exhibition

Ready to welcome students at the 2016 Annual NRF Directors Forum at UKZN

Professor Julian May explains what's on offer to the DST delegation led by Dr Phil Mjwara

Cautious and curious students learnt about wild fruit and nutritious and readily available indeginous foods

Professor Stephanie Burton, Vice-Principal responsible for Research and Postgraduate Education at the University of Pretoria touring the CoE stand

Hundreds of school learners participated in an interactive exhibition showcasing research by national Centres of Excellence

Leading by example, Professor Julian May, director of the CoE in Food Security had his first taste of Mopani worm, showing the learners how it's done

Leading by example, Prof May ready to take a bite

Prof May explaining the taste of Mopani to the learner

Not for the faint hearted. The taste wasn't for eveyone

Some food items defintely not for everyone

Would you like to try it? Students had fun urging each other to taste foods they'd not had before

Curious learners with Dr Vilakazi

PhD candidate, Grace Nkomo was also on hand to explain the importance of indigenous foods to the students

With the promise of dessert in the form of a sweet wild fig in the left hand, this student gave the Mopani a try

Wild fruit anyone?

There was something for eveyone on display at the 2016 Annual Director's Forum

The smile before the taste

Even colleagues from neighbouring stands just had to give the Mopani a try