# University of Pretoria alumna doctor, JK Moeng, has been appointed as the agricultural attaché to the South African Embassy in Rome, Italy. She will represent South Africa at the heart of international food governance, engaging daily with agencies such as the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation and the World Food Programme. Moeng says she grew up in the rural village of Matatiele, Eastern Cape, where livelihoods depended mainly on field crops and livestock farming. She adds that this is where she learned that agriculture could adequately sustain lives.
UP alumna set to make a difference at the SA embassy in Rome