Rural transformation

Presented as part of the seminar: South at the Steering Wheel - Improving sustainability in land investment for bioenergy in sub-Saharan Africa 29th May 2012, 08:00 - 17:30

Liisa Smits, CEO of Ignitia Tropical Weather Forecasting, speaks at the SIANI Annual Meeting 2020.

This lecture will draw out the tendrils of association and dependency that make the village more than its settlement, consider how we might revalue the labour that sustains the village, and draw...

Drones, aquaponics systems, solar power water desalinization, LED-lit farms with optimized photosynthesis and digital soil mapping.  That’s the list of top five innovations in agriculture for 2015. How many of these are applied in Africa?

Presented as part of the seminar: Can mobile phones improve agricultural productivity, resilience and food security? 29th May 2012, 08.30 - 12.30Hörsalen, Sida, Valhallavägen 199, Stockholm...

Presented as part of the seminar: Can mobile phones improve agricultural productivity, resilience and food security? 29th May 2012, 08.30 - 12.30Hörsalen, Sida, Valhallavägen 199, Stockholm...

Our new Expert Group consolidates the knowledge about wild foods in Asia and links it with relevant policy arenas on food security, poverty reduction and sustainable forest management.

Presented as part of the seminar: South at the Steering Wheel - Improving sustainability in land investment for bioenergy in sub-Saharan Africa 29th May 2012, 08:00 - 17:30

The EAT forum was an opportunity to hear from a wide array of world-renowned experts about their work related to sustainability, food and nutrition.  From having not attended the first day, I came in fresh faced and full of energy.  I got the impression from the first few speakers that the dinner the night before was a late one.

Bangladesh is a country with the seventh largest population in the world. The country is densely populated and largely dependent on fossil fuels. The urban population is estimated to be 62 million...