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A dataset was created by collecting survey responses from University of Pretoria researchers who participated in a two-year FSNet-Africa researcher development programme as hosts (referred to as UP Hosts). The role of the UP Host was to expand fellows network within the University of Pretoria. Some Hosts were invited by research teams to actively participate in the research project. The survey specifically targeted researchers from the University of Pretoria with the aim of evaluating the impact of their participation in the FSNet-Africa development programme on their skills and experience. This evaluation was conducted by assessing the effects of being a host in the FSNet-Africa early career researcher development programme on the hosts' networks and visibility, skills development, performance improvement, and personal growth in eight areas of professional development. These areas included conducting integrated research, research data management, integrating gender in research, research ethics, monitoring and evaluation, and stakeholder engagement.The Food Systems Research Network for Africa (FSNet-Africa) will strengthen food systems research and its translation into implementable interventions in support of interrelated Sustainable Development Goals related to food systems in Africa (focusing on SDG2 - Zero Hunger). The network partners - University of Pretoria (UP) (ARUA-CoE in Food Security host), University of Leeds (UoL) (GCRF-AFRICAP host) and the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) (GCRF-AFRICAP partner) have been selected based on their track record of working together, strengths in food systems research and existing partnerships with food systems stakeholders. The major contribution of FSNet-Africa to addressing the challenge of SDG2 will be its focus on developing a new understanding of the African food systems through developing the FSNet-Africa Food Systems Framework and utilising systems-based methodologies...