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Cyber criminals are putting vulnerable individuals and communities at increased risk, which is cause for significant concern as the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) is fast-tracked and the world moves to digital.
This is according to cyber security experts who were speaking at the launch of the Gov-X Innovation Challenge, a cyber-themed learning programme and hackathon. The challenge is a public-private sector collaboration aiming to inspire the next generation of tech entrepreneurs and cybersecurity specialists to tackle challenges of cybersecurity and online gender-based violence.
Working with the CyberSecurity Hub and the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies, the University of the Western Cape: Future-Innovation Lab has partnered with KnowBe4, provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, TrendMicro, BCX, Bi-Technologies, Vox Telecom, NClose, Blck Rhino, and Bi-Tech Africa to host the Gov-X Innovation
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Irrigating fodder crops to improve nutrition for animals and people in Ethiopia From
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When livestock are fed high-quality fodder, produced with the help of irrigation, they deliver better milk and meat, benefitting the nutritional health of their keepers and consumers. The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small Scale Irrigation and its partners are investigating best-bet options for where and how to expand the production of irrigated fodder in Ethiopia.
Minnesota celebrates the 50th anniversary of Norman Borlaug winning the Nobel Peace Prize
Borlaug studied forestry at the University of Minnesota and received a bachelor s degree of science in 1937. He went on to receive a master’s degree in plant pathology and genetics two years later, and earned his doctorate in 1942, both from the university. 5:30 am, Dec. 18, 2020 ×
This month marks the 50-year anniversary of Norman E. Borlaug winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
To honor the historic moment, the University of Minnesota s College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences’ Department of Plant Pathology and Alumni Relations hosted a virtual ceremony titled Nobel and Beyond: Building on the Legacy of a Hunger Fighter on Dec. 10.
December 10, 2020
Food businesses and consumers struggling with impacts of COVID-19 in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Kenya, Nepal and Senegal now have access to customized resources, thanks to a mentorship project led by the Institute for Food Safety at Cornell University (IFS@CU)
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“The food systems in our target countries are fragile and highly susceptible to ramifications from the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Martin Wiedmann, Ph.D. ’97, the Gellert Family Professor in Food Safety in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS). “It’s essential that we support infrastructure and provide guidance for managing this unprecedented challenge to food security.”
There is no evidence that COVID-19 is transmitted through food or food packaging, but the food industry must implement measures to manage the risks associated with COVID-19 within its workforce. Reducing person-to-person transmission across the food system, from farming to harvest and processing, can prevent shutdowns o