Faculty of AgriSciences

MICROWISE International Associated Laboratory: research teams from Stellenbosch University and the INRAE of Montpellier, France join forces to address the challenges of the wine industry.

The International associated laboratory “Microorganisms for innovative resilience to climate change and winemaking sustainability” (MICROWISE) brings together two research units: the joint...

A Novel Application of Geochemistry and Soil Science

Cathy Clarke, from the Department of Soil Science, visited Lake Turkana in March to join an international team of paleoanthropologists and geochemists. The purpose of their visit was to apply non-destructive...

MSc Horticultural Sciences Student Daniela Ramos Receives ISHS Young Minds Award, Washington State, USA

Daniela Ramos, MSc(Agric) student in Horticultural Science, recently attended the ISHS XIV International Controlled and Modified Atmosphere Research Conference (#CAMA2025) in Wenatchee, Washington State,...

Department of Horticultural Science Wins International Award for Innovative Irrigation Decision Support System

Researchers from the Department of Horticultural Science in the Faculty of AgriSciences at Stellenbosch University recently won an international award for developing a Decision Support System (DSS) to...

The Wood App – everything wood, within everybody’s reach

The Wood App – everything wood, within everybody’s reach Since the launch of The Wood App (https://thewoodapp.com/), this innovative product of the Department of Forest and Wood Science, Stellenbosch...

Outgoing ASA Chairperson Honoured with Rector’s Award for Excellence in Leadership

The Faculty of AgriSciences congratulates Janice Kahumuza, outgoing Chairperson of the AgriSciences Student Association (ASA), on receiving Stellenbosch University’s Rector’s Award for Excellence in Leadership....

Stellenbosch University Delegation Engages in Green Futures Conference and Farmer Engagement In and Around Lusaka

A delegation comprising Dr Ethel Phiri, Dr Nyasha Magadzire, Prof Niel Goosen, Prof James Pryke, Dr René Gaigher, Tamarin Powell, and Julia Harper recently represented Stellenbosch University (SU) at the...

Research on parasites of endemic rodent species recognised at the 5th International Congress on Parasites of Wildlife

Four postgraduate students, supervised by Prof Sonja Matthee in the Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology and co-supervised by Prof Conrad Matthee (Department of Botany and Zoology), recently...

PhD Student Paul Allin Secures Top Prize at the Southern African Wildlife Management Association (SAWMA) Conference

Paul’s PhD project is entitled Improving the Accuracy and Precision of Aerial Census in the Savanna Biome Using Remote-Sensed Imagery and Machine Learning. The aim of his research is to develop an...

Agronomy 454, 742 & 444 Tour 2025

During the semester break, the Agronomy students had the privilege of attending the annual Agronomy Student Tour, and what an incredible experience it was! Over the course of the trip, we visited several...

Planting trees to fight climate change? Think again

Indiscriminate tree planting in Africa can do more harm than good To guide smarter use of indigenous species, researchers are now developing a bioinformatics-based digital toolkit Goal: climate...

Prof Kennedy Dzama appointed as new Dean of the Faculty of AgriSciences

Prof Kennedy Dzama, an academic pioneer in animal breeding, genetics and sustainable agriculture, has been appointed as the new Dean of the Faculty of AgriSciences at Stellenbosch University (SU). He will start...

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