Rural transformation

FLARE had innovative sessions on forests and livelihoods. Four women show us different ways innovation can be done in research.

Sweden and the FAO release a first of its kind report on partnership relations to reach the global goals of the 2030 Agenda.

For generations, upland communities of Vietnam, Thailand and Nepal relied on fruits, nuts, mushrooms and berries when harvests were low, and used shifting agriculture, allowing soil to rebound.

Most of African agriculture is rain fed and access to other water resources is often very limited. Research and practice show that rainfall variability is becoming higher which increases risks of harvest failure. Moreover, in some areas of sub-Saharan Africa rainfall might even become 25% lower than today.

Karl Ståhl (National Veterinary Institute, Sweden): Presenting his long-term engagement on African swine fever in Norther Uganda

On the 23rd and 24th of September 2021, the long-awaited United Nations Food Systems Summit  (UNFSS) took place. Announced by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres in December 2019, the...

We reached out to four persons from our SIANI member and partner bases who work closely with issues tied to our food systems, in order to gather their opinions and thoughts about the United Nations Systems processes and outcomes.

The nutrients in sanitation flow streams represent an increasing value from monetary, energy and resource perspectives. The market potential for making use of these resources in different ways...

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

This study was presented during the conference “Production and Carbon Dynamics in Sustainable Agricultural and Forest Systems in Africa” held in September, 2010.