Projects

Future Food Beacon

  • With the University of Nottingham and University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
  • March 2020 to March 2023

Developing guidelines for estimating green water use of indigenous crops in South Africa and estimating water use using available crop models for selected bio-climatic regions of South Africa

  • Water Research Commission funded project K5/2717//4
  • April 2017 to March 2022

Building resilience in the greater uMngeni catchment

  • Funded by the Adaptation Fund
  • September 2015 to September 2020

Assessing the state-of-the-art of the water-energy-food nexus for South Africa

  • Water Research Commission funded project K5/2790//4
  • March 2018 to June 2020

Water use of crops and nutritional water productivity for food production, nutrition and health in poor rural communities

  • Water Research Commission funded project WRC K5/2493//4
  • April 2015 to March 2020

Water use of strategic biofuel feedstock

  • Water Research Commission funded project WRCK5/2491//4
  • April 2015 to March 2020

Bambara groundnut multi–location breeding programme

  • In partnership with Crops For the Future, including Malaysia, the United Kingdom, Ghana and Indonesia (funded by the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture)
  • January 2014 to December 2020