Rural transformation
Dr Tom Pegram, Deputy Director UCL-GGI, describes in his presentation about what governance is, in particular “good” governance. How do we get good governance? What concrete policy incentives...
The SIANI expert group Land Rights in Latin America wants to raise awareness of the important role Indigenous and local communities play for biodiversity.
Discussion on the advantages of incorporating sanitation more meaningfully into the water-food nexus discourse and providing an example of how SEI has been working with this approach.
African leaders and their governments must whole-heartedly take on the issue of agricultural development in order to become the force of change which is now needed in order to create a modern African society. This can, however, only be done gradually but still with the final goal in sight.
Presented by Hans Grundberg at the workshop "Moving Africa Towards a Knowledge based Bio-economy: How can Sweden assist?" organised by the SIANI Bio-economy Expert Group on 3 December 2014.
Presented by Hans Grundberg at the workshop "Moving Africa Towards a Knowledge based Bio-economy: How can Sweden assist?" organised by the SIANI Bio-economy Expert Group on 3 December 2014.
Hållbar Växtnäringshantering en fråga om resurser och ansvar Tillsammans med Landsbygdsdepartementet, Baltic COMPASS och SIANI anordnade expertgruppen för jordbruk-sanitet ett seminarium om...
Energy access is a tricky puzzle for the African continent. 70% of the population in sub Saharan Africa relies on biomass for energy. It means that most of the population burns firewood, charcoal, agricultural residues and animal dung for cooking food and for getting done with other day-to-day routines.
Practically speaking, bioeconomy is still in its infancy, but it’s already clear that moving into this direction will increase demand for forest-based products. How to avoid adverse impacts?
Many development initiatives have limited impact. Educational curricula are developed, but children do not learn. Nurses are trained, but clinics lack staff. Governments adopt reforms, but institutional practices remain the same and citizens experience little change.