Prof. Frans Swanepoel

Professor Frans SwanepoeI is the Future Africa Research Chair in Sustainable Food Systems at the University of Pretoria (UP) and Interim Director of the ARUA Center of Excellence in Sustainable Food Systems (ARUA-SFS). He is Professor for Agricultural Transformation in Africa (ATA) at the Centre for Advancement of Scholarship (CAS) at University of Pretoria. With a PhD in Animal Breeding and Genetics, his early research career spanned more than a decade during which he worked in pioneering areas of beef production science, for which he obtained international recognition confirmed by his NRF rating. His research interest advanced to smallholder agricultural production systems, agricultural education and training (AET) and agricultural research and innovation leadership in Africa.