By Mantoe Phakathi Ndashe Kapulu, is a doctoral researcher at the University of Leeds, in the UK. He also works for the Ministry of Agriculture in Zambia. Through his research study supported by AFRICAP, he is investigating how diversifying into soybean production will impact livelihoods and food security of smallholder households in Zambia, where maize …
Dr. Ndumiso Mazibuko, a senior agricultural economist at the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC), says there is need to help farmers in South Africa’s food basket, the Free State Province, build up crop resilience. This follows a household survey under AFRICAP which indicated that farmers are experiencing climate change impacts such as changes in rainfall …
We were excited to welcome Dr Chris Paterson (Media and Communications, University of Leeds) and Dr Lata Narayanaswamy (POLIS, University of Leeds) to lead our February seminar, hosted jointly with fellow GCRF programme African SWIFT and the Leeds University Centre for African Studies. Focusing on work funded by the university’s quality-related Global Challenges Research Fund allocation, …
On 29 January 2020, we were delighted to host Pete Smith, Professor of Soils and Global Change at the University of Aberdeen and a co-investigator on GCRF-AFRICAP in a seminar hosted jointly with the Global Food and Environment Institute. As one of the convening lead authors on the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and …
On 21 October 2019, we were delighted to welcome Dr Pedi Obani, Research Fellow in the United Nations University – Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA), to the University of Leeds to lead a seminar/webinar hosted jointly with the Leeds University Centre for African Studies. Using a case study focused on Nigeria’s Benin City, …