Composition

We are a virtual centre co-hosted by the University of the Western Cape and the University of Pretoria. Researchers in the Centre are drawn from the universities of Cape Town, Fort Hare, Johannesburg, Nelson Mandela, North-West, Stellenbosch, Venda and Tshwane University of Technology as well as the Agricultural Research Council and the Water Research Council.

Our international partners are the Australian National University, City University of New York, Institute of Development Studies, International Food Policy Research Institute, Michigan State University and Missouri University.

Centre Directors

The CoE Director Professor Julian May works on poverty reduction including land reform, social grants, information technology and urban agriculture in Southern and East Africa. Prof. May formerly held the South African Research Chair in Applied Poverty Impact Assessment.
 
Professor Lise Korsten, the University of Pretoria node head, is an expert in food safety and regulatory control. Prof. Korsten developed South Africa's biological control agent for fruit and established a research group in sanitary and phytosanitary aspects of international trade.