Indigenous Plant Use Forum 
10-14.08.2025

INCrease members presented the project, selected crops and preliminary results at the 27th Indigenous and plant use forum on August 10-14, 2025 in Muldersdrift, Gauteng. This conference was the best scenario to discuss and validate our initial findings...more

Official start of Project INCrease 
01.02.2025

The project INCrease has officially started its implementation phase on February 1, 2025. This 3-year phase is expected to build on previous work done during the previous initiation and bridging phases in 2023 and 2024, respectively...more

Workshop in Nkomazi
26.11.2024

This event welcomed 68 participants that included local authorities, delegation of the ministry of agriculture, farmers, and researchers from local institutions. We had an open exchange with the participants. We presented the project INCrease, the authorities and delegation...more

Visit to Mpumalanga University
25.11.2024

The University of Mpumalanga welcomed the INCrease team after the workshop in Bushbuckridge. The INCrease team introduced the main activities of the project, all participants in the meeting introduced themselves and exchanged...more

Workshop in Bushbuckridge
25.11.2024

Several stakeholders that included extension officers, representatives of the ministry of agriculture, farmers, and researchers from local institutions participated in this program that had 28 participants in total. In this dialogue, we discussed challenges...more

Workshop in Mtubatuba
22.11.2024

The INCrease team had a very nice follow-up conversation with farmers of Mtubatuba in the KwaZulu-Natal province. In 2023, during the initiation phase, the INCrease team had already visited their fields and made an initial outreach to the producers of this region. This time, we continued...more

Stakeholder meeting and field trip in Matatiele
20.11.2024

The INCrease team met stakeholders of the Matatiele municipality in the Eastern Cape. The program started with a meeting that facilitated interaction of farmers...more

Meeting at the University of Fort Hare in Alice
19.11.2024

The University of Fort Hare welcomed the INCrease team in their Alice campus. This was the first meeting of the INCrease team during this mission. Some...more

Visit to UHOH
09.-13.09.2024

Project partners from South African Universities of the Western Cape, Fort Hare, and Mpumalanga visited the University of Hohenheim. A very productive week for our partnership...more

Knowledge co-creation workshop, field visit and dialogue with female farmers of the Mtubatuba municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province
10.11.2023

The first session of this exchange took place...more

Meeting at University of Zululand, presentation and demonstration of indigenous food innovations
09.11.2023

The INCrease team met with directives of the University of Zululand. In this exchange, members of all...more

Meeting in UWC with stakeholders in Matatiele (Eastern Cape)
07.11.2023

This first workshop took place virtually from two locations in South Africa: (1) At the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in Cape Town...more