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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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Brazilian agriculturist visits UFS
2006-11-01
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Prof Marcos Fava Neves, coordinator of marketing and strategy of the food and agribusiness programme at the University of São Paulo in Brazil, presented a lecture on Brazilian crop agriculture to staff and students of the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of the Free State (UFS).
From the left are: Prof Neves, Mr Thabiso Koatla (M Sc-student in Agricultural Economics), Ms Kholofelo Thobejane (M Sc-student in Agricultural Economics) and Prof André Jooste (Head of the UFS Department of Agricultural Economics).
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