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Faculty of AgriSciences
Stellenbosch University upgrades Mariendahl piggery
SU has upgraded the piggery at its Mariendahl Experimental Farm in the Western Cape. The modernised facility will support training and research and also benefit South Africa’s pork industry. Partnerships played an important role in the...
Stellenbosch University
SU researchers contribute to major stunting study
Researchers, policymakers and practitioners have come together to confront one of the country’s most persistent and complex public health challenges – child stunting. Stunting is not a single-sector problem. It is systemic and requires a...
Faculty of AgriSciences
Learning from !Khwa ttu: Reimagining the wildlife economy through indigenous knowledge
Relational Value: The San worldview challenges commercial conservation by framing wildlife as an interconnected web of human and spiritual relationships rather than just economic units. Broader Expertise: True conservation requires...
Faculty of Science
Insect body size is not constrained by atmospheric oxygen
Researchers debunk debunk long-held theory on prehistoric giant insects. The form and function of insects remain an active research field. Understanding body size and their functional limits have broader implications for understanding...
Faculty of AgriSciences
South Africa’s Tiny Duo with Big Agricultural Promise
New African Discovery: Scientists found a new symbiotic nematode-bacterium duo (S. innovationi and X. innovationi) in South African soils. Fast Pest Control: The microscopic partnership eliminates destructive false codling moth larvae...
Stellenbosch University
Ending hunger in Africa needs Africa-led science — and the governance to match
World Hunger Day was on 28 May. Prof Scott Drimie of the Division of Human Nutrition wrote an opinion piece. He focused on ending hunger in Africa.