UP-RISE Food Safety

Strengthening mycotoxin control in African fermented food systems: evidence from UP-RISE and the Accelerator Platform

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

UP-RISE featured in the AU-EU High Level Policy Dialogue newsletter: Strengthening African Union - European Union ties in food safety and innovation

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Enhancing the Kunun Zaki Value Chain: UP-RISE workshop targets cereal beverage safety in Nigeria

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Tradition Meets Safety: UP-RISE Workshop Enhances Umqombothi Value Chain in South Africa

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Safeguarding the Maziwa Lala Value Chain: UP-RISE Workshop Enhances Dairy Safety in Kenya

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Safeguarding Tradition: UP-RISE Workshop Tackles Coco Baca Food Safety in Côte d’Ivoire

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Co-creating Food Safety: UP-RISE Workshop Empowers Akpan Value Chain Operators in Benin

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Newsletter December 2025: 🌍 UP-RISE Business Cases: Stories of Impact on Food Safety in Africa

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

UP-RISE celebrates its first scientific publication in Elsevier Food Science, one of the world’s leading scientific publishers: “Nutritional benefits, technological innovations and safety of fermented cereal products: Insights from umqombothi”

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Towards a Regulatory Model for Food Safety and Mycotoxin Control under the UP-RISE Project

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Food Safety Discussions Highlights at the 21st Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme Partnership Platform (CAADP PP) and Commemoration of the 16th Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security (ADFNS)

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Practice Abstract: Mycotoxin contamination of cereals and fermented foods across African regions in the last 10 years (2014-2024)

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Practice Abstract: Toolkit for mycotoxin risk assessment

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Practice Abstract: Value chain analysis of Akpan in Benin

Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Practice Abstract: Value chain analysis of Coco baca in Côte d’Ivoire

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Practice Abstract: Value chain analysis of Kunun zaki in Nigeria

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Practice Abstract: Value chain analysis of Maziwa lala in Kenya

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Practice Abstract: Value chain analysis of Umqombothi in South Africa

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

World Food Safety Day 2025 Symposium for Next Gen Food Safety Practitioners

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Newsletter May 2025: 🔬 UP-RISE PhD Community: Second series 🌍 Highlights of GA in Johannesburg

Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

World Food Day 2024: Get to know Michal Okonda, PhD student at University of Nairobi (Kenya)

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

World Food Day 2024: Get to know Riccardo Corina, PhD at University of Montpellier, CIRAD & CNR Bari

Tue, 25 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The African Union Development Agency introduces UP-RISE to improve food safety systems with a focus on informal sector at CAADP Summit in Uganda

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Statement by the University of Johannesburg on hosting the General Assembly of the EU funded project UP-RISE in Johannesburg between 12-14 February 2025

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Value chain analysis of Maziwa Lala in Kenya: Insights from CIRAD, Wageningen University, and University of Nairobi

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Newsletter December 2024: 🔬 UP-RISE PhD Community 🌐 World Food Safety Day 📢 Open Call for Food Processors

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

World Food Day 2024: Get to know Julia Virol, PhD at Wageningen University (Netherlands)

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

World Food Day 2024: Get to know Vukosi Edwin, PhD at University of Johannesburg (South Africa)

Thu, 28 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

World Food Day 2024: Get to know Edson Coffi, PhD at Université Abomey-Calavi (Benin)

Wed, 27 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

World Food Day 2024: Get to know Kgoale Sebotse Potlako, PhD at University of Johannesburg (South Africa)

Wed, 27 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

A glimpse into crop sampling in Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, and South Africa

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

World Food Day 2024: Get to know Kevin Omwomo, PhD at Federal University of Technology Minna (Nigeria)

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

World Food Day 2024: Get to know Truphosa Amakhobe, PhD student at University of Nairobi (Kenya)

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

World Food Day 2024: Get to know Charles Yeo, PhD student at University of Nangui Abrogoua (Côte d’Ivoire)

Fri, 01 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

World Food Day 2024: Get to know Mirabelle Feliho, PhD student at Université Abomey-Calavi (Benin)

Thu, 24 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

World Food Day 2024: Get to know Mohammed Mahdi, PhD at Wageningen University (Netherlands)

Wed, 23 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

World Food Day

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

World Food Day 2024: Get to know Lungani Nyathi, a PhD student at the University of Johannesburg!

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Involving third parties in the UP-RISE Project

Mon, 07 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

4th African Symposium of Mycotoxicology

Fri, 02 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

World Food Safety Day 2024: Bridging gaps in Africa’s informal sector webinar

Thu, 11 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

World Food Safety Day 2024: Did You Know campaign

Mon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Newsletter June 2024: Get to know UP-RISE • World Food Safety Day

Thu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

World Food Safety Day

Fri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

47th Mycotoxin Workshop

Sat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

CIRAD delegation visited Université Nangui-Abrogoua (UNA) in Abidjan

Tue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

20th International Conference on Food Microbiology

Sat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Meet the Consortium Partners

Thu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

UGent Master students assisting the University of Johannesburg to take the first UP-RISE samples of sorghum

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

UP-RISE project kick-starts to strengthen African Food Safety Systems

Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

UP-RISE: EU-AU Partnership for Resilient, Inclusive and Safe food systems for Everyone

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

3rd EU Food Safety Forum

Sat, 02 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

European Union-African Union summit

Fri, 24 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The 7th International Conference of Mycotoxicology and Food Security (ICM, 2025)

Fri, 17 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

World Food Day

Fri, 06 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

5th All Africa Postharvest Congress and Exhibition (5th AAPHCE)

Sat, 16 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Africa Food Systems Summit 2025

Thu, 31 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

6th African Union (AU) – European Union (EU) Agriculture Ministerial Conference

Tue, 27 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy week. Side event: Optimising nutrition intervention designs in West African Sahel

Mon, 26 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins Gordon Research Conference

Thu, 15 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Food safety laws and regulations: improving their effectiveness by changing their design

Tue, 13 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

World Food Safety Day: Science in Action

Wed, 07 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

World Food Safety Day 2025: Symposia for Next Gen Food Safety Practitioners

Sun, 04 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

46th Mycotoxin Workshop

Thu, 25 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

World Mycotoxin Forum - 15th conference

Fri, 07 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

UP-RISE General Assembly

Sun, 12 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Traditional Foods for the Future - Academic symposium and stakeholder workshop

Sat, 11 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

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Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

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12th International Mycological Congress (IMC12)

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

6th International Conference of Mycotoxicology and Food Security (ICM 2024)

Mon, 04 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Exploring Intersections: Decolonization, Diasporas and the African Food System

Sat, 02 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Prepare for the Unexpected: Bridging Gaps in the Informal Sector

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

UP-RISE General Assembly

Sun, 12 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Ranking food safety risks at the national level

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

World Food Safety Day

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

45th Mycotoxin Workshop

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

10th Mycotoxin Days

Mon, 30 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

High Level Panel for Food, Farm and Diet, McGill Convergent Innovation Webinar Series

Mon, 02 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000