Food systems around the world are becoming a major focus as populations are growing. On the African continent in particular food systems are rapidly changing due to increasing affluence, urbanization and globalization. Interestingly, the UNESCO Chair in African Food Systems was awarded to the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security hosted by the University of the Western Cape and co-hosted by the University of Pretoria, with the intention of harnessing African scholarship to address these challenges. What are we to understand by all of this?

GUEST: Professor Julian May - director of the national Centre of Excellence in Food Security, co-hosted by the University of the Western Cape and the University of Pretoria. He also holds, as of 2017, the UNESCO Chair in African Food Systems.