Our new Rainwater Harvesting and Conservation Practice Videos.
The Amanzi for Food Team recently created a Video Resource page on the website. We uploaded an Introduction to Rainwater Harvesting and Conservation Practices and then specific videos focused on RWH & C Practices Diversion Furrow, Ponds, Line Levels and A-Frames. These videos are available in English and […]
This paper examines the change drivers and challenges involved in the transitioning of the Water Research Commission’s Amanzi for Food training of agricultural educators and farmers’ face-to-face co-engaged course to an online course aligned with Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) (www-amanziforfood-co-za-amanziforfood.sbox.datafree.co). The study drew on system thinking to analyse components within the course development activity […]
The 40th Conference for the Environmental Education Association of Southern Africa (EEASA), held at the University of Namibia from 23rd to 25th August 2022 was definitely the event of the year for everyone involved in Environmental Education. Some of the Amanzi for Food Learning Network Team members also attended the conference. Ms […]
Dr Wilma van Staden and Prof Rob O’Donoghue presented a Heritage Food Gardening Workshop at LEAP 4 in Diepsloot and LEAP 3 in Alexandra, Gauteng, on 21 and 22 July. Twenty-eight teachers, garden technicians and education coordinators participated in the workshop. The main topics include utilising heritage gardening as a curriculum activation tool. Each school […]
iGardi- Waste to Food Programme is a collaborative project between Partners: Waste-ED, Call 2 Care, SABIC Corporate, WCG, and Windmeul Primary in the Western Cape.
The school Windmeul is near Wellington & Paarl. The project involved the collection of waste material to make eco-bricks to make plots & plaster them with a mixture of sand and […]
The purpose of this paper is to outline the climate responsive innovation process within the agricultural innovation system of the North West Province, South Africa. The focus was on the embedded curriculum and learning activity system and its responses to social-ecological and earth system changes influenced by climate change. It outlines the barriers […]
Our first group of the Training of Trainers course participants graduated in December 2021. A total of 24 graduates completed the Amanzi for Food Training of Trainers Course Online. This was a proud moment for us and we hope that these graduates share their knowledge within their communities and learning system.
Here follows the names of […]
Dr Wilma van Staden joined the Connected World for Food and Water Workshop at Vrije University in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in June 2022.
The conference workshop offered the opportunity to bring together academics from South Africa, Ghana, Kenya and the Netherlands to discuss innovative ideas in research and education to foster South-South and Triangular cooperation in […]
The dissemination and uptake of climate-smart practices and concepts within the South African education, training and extension services within the agricultural system is still an ongoing and challenging process. The aim of this study was to develop a curriculum review tool to assist agricultural trainers to evaluate and innovate their teaching and learning practices towards […]
Amanzi for Food, Eastern Cape training of trainers’ graduation was celebrated at Rhodes University on the 11th of October 2018. The graduation commemorated the successful completion of the Training of trainers’ course which was undertaken by farmers, extension workers and lecturers from agricultural colleges in Eastern Cape most of whom are part of the Imvotho […]
