The College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science (CAES) hosted its Postgraduate Research Day on the Pietermaritzburg campus. Masters and PhD students submitted abstracts which were reviewed by an academic committee comprising experts from the relevant fields. The committee was chaired by Dr Shahidul Islam of the School of Life Sciences. Sixty oral and 79 poster presentations were selected from those submitted. Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the College, Professor Deo Jaganyi, opened the day welcoming students, academics, exhibitors and judges, and he also thanked all participants and contributing funders. The main funder for the event was the National Research Foundation (NRF). NRF’s Dr Aldo