International Partnerships
Outside of UKZN, we collaborate with numerous international organisations, including:
- Crops For the Future – Malaysia
- African Orphan Crops Consortium – Kenya
- The University of Nottingham – United Kingdom & Malaysia
- The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine – United Kingdom
- Pennsylvania State University – United States of America
- University of Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe
- The International Water Management Institute
- International Rice Research Institute
- Institute for Crops Research in the Semi-Arid Tropics
- WaterNet
- Delft-IHE, The Netherlands
National partnerships
We have established several national partnerships with:
- Water Research Commission of South Africa
- The South African Weather Services
- South African National Biodiversity Institute
- Agricultural Research Council
- Climate Systems Analyses Group – University of Cape Town
- African Regional Universities Association’ Centre of Excellence on Energy – Stellenbosch University
- Central University of Technology
- National, Provincial, District & Local Government
e.g. the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture & Rural Development, Eastern Cape Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform, Limpopo Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, uMgungundlovu District Municipality, Greater Kokstad Municipality.
Boards & Advisory panels
Our team provides input to several national board and advisory panels:
- The National Framework for Climate Services for South Africa (pilot project)
- The National Agricultural Research Advisory Forum
- National Adaptation Strategy
- The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Reviewer)
- Water Research Council Research Strategy
- National Research Foundation