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08 April 2020
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Story Prof Francois Vreÿ, and Prof Hussein Solomon
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The international response to the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a health security threat stimulated an international response that commenced with drastic, but localised actions in China, but responses rapidly manifested in more extreme measures in the rest of the world. Amidst international efforts imposing extraordinary national and international movement restrictions and a rush to find a medical cure, two questions arise. First, how does COVID-19 as a health security threat feature within the global security debate and second, how to explain the harsh responses that one observes.
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Prof. Herman van Schalkwyk honoured for his contribution to Agricultural Economics
2009-11-27
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Prof. Herman van Schalkwyk (left), Dean of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of the Free State (UFS) recently received the Leopard Award from the Agricultural Economics Society of South Africa’s (LEVSA) agricultural economics work group for the Free State. With this award he is honoured for his contribution to Agricultural Economics in the Free State. The award was presented to Prof. Van Schalkwyk at a dinner to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Department of Agricultural Economics. On the photo the award is handed to Prof. Van Schalkwyk by Prof. Klopper Oosthuizen, member of the working group and associated with the Department of Agricultural Economics at the UFS.
Photo: Stephen Collett |