Welcome to the Swedish International Agricultural Network Initiative (SIANI)
Agriculture covers 40% of the earth's total ice-free land area, accounts for 70% of global fresh water use, emits more greenhouse gases than any other human activity, employs 3/4 of the world's poorest people and feeds nearly all of us. It is the key foundation of human civilisation and it is where most of our present day development problems such as poverty, hunger, environmental degradation and climate change converge.
Feeding a global population of 9 billion people by 2040 without simultaneously destroying the conditions for life is one of the greatest challenges that mankind has ever faced. SIANI was born out of the conviction that in order to succeed, all actors and stakeholders must be engaged in dialogue and coherent action.
We are a Swedish response to the 21st century's food and farming crisis. We are an inter-disciplinary and multi-stakeholder platform where government, civil society, industry and research come together to address the crucial need for global agricultural development strategies that ensure food security, poverty reduction and environmental sustainability.
SIANI is celebrating its first birthday as an up and running network and, as part of the celebration, warmly welcomes you to a seminar entitled “Biotechnology: What’s in it for Africa?” to be held on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 at Hälsans Hus, Stora Salen, Fjällgatan 23 in Stockholm.
Coffee will be available from 09:30 onwards and the program will begin at 10:00 am and go on until 16:00. Lunch is included. Pre-registration is necessary and can be done by emailing the SIANI secretariat (
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). The program is as follows:
Event - Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry in Africa
Production and carbon dynamics in sustainable agriculture and forest systems in Africa. Science needs and deeds.
Organized jointly by SIANI and its sister networks Agri4D, Future Agriculture and Focali, the theme of this seminar captures two pertinent questions in African agriculture and forestry: sustainable production and carbon dynamics. Abstracts deadline 30 June.
