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2022-10-31 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Unisa contributes to the eradication of poverty

To further address the scourge of poverty, CAES’s Dr Florence Malongane says the college, through its various departments, will need to intensify its engaged scholarship and community engagement activities.

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2022-10-24 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Unisan shares DNA expertise at the United Nations

At the recent 2022 Science Summit of the United Nations General Assembly 77 in the United States, Prof Ntanganedzeni Mapholi spoke about AfricaBP’s efforts to utilise DNA methods to improve the future of biodiversity and agriculture production across Africa.

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2022-09-20 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Unisa adds academic muscle to African genome research

The College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences recently hosted a meeting of the African BioGenome Project, an impressive Africa-led effort to sequence the genomes of plants, animals, fungi and protists that are endemic to the continent.

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2022-09-12 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Unisa in strategic talks with the University of Edinburgh

The university's College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences recently commenced an engagement with the research-intensive Scottish institution with a view to collaborating on livestock development-related studies.

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2022-08-30 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Antimicrobial drug resistance: Is the post-antibiotic era upon us?

In his inaugural lecture, Prof James Wabwire Oguttu focused on especially two key areas regarding drug resistance: training future epidemiologists, and contributing to the creation of knowledge in veterinary public health through publishing.

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2022-08-29 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Lead, Featured, Lead, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Unisa stakes its claim at the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show

The university is continuing its internationalisation drive by participating in this premier showcase which will be attended by more than 400 exhibitors from, among others, Malawi, Botswana and India.

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2022-08-29 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Unisa Science colleges honour excellence in teaching and learning

The College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences and the College of Science, Engineering and Technology recently hosted their annual Teaching and Learning Festival on the theme "Transforming teaching, learning and student support".

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2022-08-11 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Promoting African philosophy – Rutang bana ditaola, le seye le tšona badimong

Unisa’s Prof Machete Machete of the Department of Environmental Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, recently delivered his inaugural lecture, entitled: Unravelling the epistemology and ontology of African philosophy — Rutang bana ditaola le seye le tšona badimong.

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2022-08-11 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Featured, Corporate

CAES joins Minister Nzimande at National Science Week

Unisa's Department of Life and Consumer Science at the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences was invited by the Department of Science and Innovation and the South African Agency for Science, Technology and Advancement to launch the National Science Week

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