DIRECTORS

Professor Julian May:
Director

An expert in Applied Poverty Reduction Assessment, Professor May has worked on options for poverty reduction including land reform, social grants, information technology and urban agriculture in Africa and in the Indian Ocean Islands.

Professor Julian May:
Director

An expert in Applied Poverty Reduction Assessment, Professor May has worked on options for poverty reduction including land reform, social grants, information technology and urban agriculture in Africa and in the Indian Ocean Islands.

Professor Lise Korsten:
Director

An expert in food safety and regulatory control, Professor Lise Korsten developed South Africa's biological control agent for fruit and established a research group in sanitary and phytosanitary aspects of international trade.

Professor Lise Korsten:
co-Director

An expert in food safety and regulatory control, Professor Lise Korsten developed South Africa's biological control agent for fruit and established a research group in sanitary and phytosanitary aspects of international trade.

Programme investigators

Professor Julian May (Co-PI: Power and Governance)

Professor Julian May is the Director of the CoE-FS, based at UWC. He holds the UNESCO Chair in Science and Education for African Food Systems.

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Professor Julian May (Co-PI: Power and Governance)

Professor Julian May is the Director of the CoE-FS, based at UWC. He holds the UNESCO Chair in Science and Education for African Food Systems.

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Professor Marc Wegerif (Co-PI: Power and Governance)

Professor Marc Wegerif is based at UP where he lectures on and coordinates the BSocSciHons in Development Studies.

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Professor Marc Wegerif (Co-PI: Power and Governance)

Professor Marc Wegerif is based at UP where he lectures on and coordinates the BSocSciHons in Development Studies.

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Professor Naushad Emmambux (Co-PI: Innovation and Technology)

Professor Naushad Emmambux is a professor in the Department of Consumer and Food Sciences, University of Pretoria. He holds a C2 rating from the NRF.

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Professor Naushad Emmambux (Co-PI: Innovation and Technology)

Professor Naushad Emmambux is a professor in the Department of Consumer and Food Sciences, University of Pretoria. He holds a C2 rating from the NRF.

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Professor Ndiko Ludidi (Co-PI: Innovation and Technology)

Professor Ndiko Ludidi is the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Sciences at the University of Mpumalanga

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Professor Ndiko Ludidi (Co-PI: Innovation and Technology)

Professor Ndiko Ludidi is the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Sciences at the University of Mpumalanga

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Professor Takalani Mulaudzi-Masuku (Co-PI: Innovation and Technology)

Professor Takalani Mulaudzi-Masuku is based at UWC, lecturing Food Biotechnology and Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics Practical.

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Professor Takalani Mulaudzi-Masuku (Co-PI: Innovation and Technology)

Professor Takalani Mulaudzi-Masuku is based at UWC, lecturing Food Biotechnology and Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics Practical.

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Professor Lise Korsten (Co-PI: Nutrition, Health and Safety)

Professor Lise Korsten is the co-director of the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security (CoE-FS), and the president of the African Academy of Science. She is based at the University of Pretoria.

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Professor Lise Korsten (Co-PI: Nutrition, Health and Safety)

Professor Lise Korsten is the co-director of the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security (CoE-FS), and the president of the African Academy of Science. She is based at the University of Pretoria.

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Professor Rina Swart (Co-PI: Nutrition, Health and Safety)

UWC's Professor Rina Swart is a registered dietician as well as a registered nutritionist with the HPCSA.

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Professor Rina Swart (Co-PI: Nutrition, Health and Safety)

UWC's Professor Rina Swart is a registered dietician as well as a registered nutritionist with the HPCSA.

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Professor Clement Nyirenda (PI: UKUDLA)

Professor Clement Nyirenda is Co-Project Leader of the African-German Centre for Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems, Applied Agricultural and Food Data Science (UKUDLA), and Director of the eResearch Office at UWC.

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Professor Clement Nyirenda (PI: UKUDLA)

Professor Clement Nyirenda is Co-Project Leader of the African-German Centre for Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems, Applied Agricultural and Food Data Science (UKUDLA), and Director of the eResearch Office at UWC.

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Professor Stephen Devereux (SARChI: Social Protection)

Professor Stephen Devereux is a Research Fellow and founding Director of the Centre for Social Protection at the...

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Professor Stephen Devereux (SARChI: Social Protection)

Professor Stephen Devereux is a Research Fellow and founding Director of the Centre for Social Protection at the...

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Students

Funded Students

The CoE provides multiple opportunities for capacity development, mentoring and the pursuit of postgraduate studies through providing financial support for full time Honours, Masters, and PhD students as well as Post-Doctoral fellowships as part of its awards to projects. Bursaries and fellowships are subject to the standard NRF rules and procedures.

  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • 2014
Our Mission

We recognise that producers, processors, distributors and consumers are incorporated into the food system under varying terms and returns. We also recognise the economic, social, human and environmental health impacts associated with food security. Therefore our goal is to conduct research, build capacity and disseminate findings that will promote a sustainable food system in South Africa.