Rural transformation

Carl-Fredrik Flach from Gothenburg University is being interviewed by SIANI during the World Water Week 2018 in Stockholm, Sweden.

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

There is a renewed interest in the role of agriculture at the climate change negotiations, as evidenced by a number of interesting side-events during COP 16 in Cancun. The reason is simple:...

The project will use spatial video narratives, produced by younger adult or adolescent community members to obtain and present knowledge about their lived experiences of rural-urban transformation and access to food.

Presentation held by David Hallberg, Red Cross University College, at the SIANI Annual Meeting 2018

Presentation by Dr Khieu Borin, Advisor to the Ministry of Environment, Cambodia

Presentation by Joakim Holmdahl from the Division for International Development Cooperation of the Swedish Board of Agriculture

It is almost impossible to buy traditional locally produced foods in Swedish grocery stores. This way Sweden risks to lose a significant part of its cultural heritage, according to Kålrotsakademien.

Synthetic rice odour blend lures gravid malaria mosquitoesThe increased use of irrigation in sub-Saharan Africa has benefited the Anopheles arabiensis mosquito – an important malaria vector – particularly in rice paddies. A research team led from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences now shows that rice odours attract females, and elicit egg laying.