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Following our establishment in 2014, we adopted an approach of targeted food security research to address the key constraints in the South African development context.
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The DST/NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security & the University of Pretoria hosted a special lecture by 2014 World Food Prize Laureate Dr Sanjaya Rajaram

UP's Prof Lise Korsten (right) introducing 2014 World Food Prize Laureate Dr Sanjaya Rajaram (left)

2014 World Food Prize Laureate Dr Sanjaya Rajaram

UP and CoE-FS delegation attending the special lecture by 2014 World Food Prize Laureate Dr Sanjaya Rajaram

Prof Lise Korsten of UP and Principal Investigator for the CoE-FS research programme on Food Safety

2014 World Food Prize Laureate, Dr Sanjaya Rajaram spoke on: "Feeding a hungry world - can Africa achieve the Sustainable Development Goals of 2030?"

Dr Sanjaya Rajaram, an eminent plant scientist and international scholar, was honoured as the 2014 World Food Prize Laureate for his scientific research that contributed to the green revolution and led to a prodigious increase (by more than 200 million tonnes) in world wheat production.