New Tuks dean Vinny Naidoo watching over food security
“Veterinary science is not only about keeping our pets healthy. Looked at from a wider perspective, it’s about food security. Nobody is born a farmer, but they can be trained to become one – and that’s where veterinary science can play a very important role.”
This is according to Professor Vinny Naidoo, the newly appointed Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Pretoria (UP). The faculty is the only one of its kind in South Africa, and the second-oldest in Africa. Naidoo, 41, is among the youngest deans in the country.
Naidoo obtained his veterinary science qualification from Medunsa and has a PhD in Veterinary Pharmacology from UP. He said: “I see the faculty as a driver of food production, because South Africa is food insecure. The land debate is also a food debate. It’s about how
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