Rural transformation
The International Green Week Berlin is unique as the leading international trade fair for food, agriculture and horticulture.
Soil is the foundation of food production and provides vital ecosystem services. Catch up with the discussions at the five-day Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) which called attention to the challenges we face regarding soil and land use.
Presented by Torsten Wetterblad, Sida at the World Food Day 2015 event in Sweden
The focus of the seminar was to explore the increasing interest in land acquisition in Africa from the different perspectives of the major stakeholders. It took place at Sida on the 10th of...
On 26 November, while visiting Sweden to accept the Gothenburg Award for Sustainable Development, Sukhdev spoke at a seminar about environmental services co-organized by SEI, the SEI-hosted...
I was intrigued to be presented this reflection of how research methods are shaped by personal agendas and preconceived ideas. It can play a central part in directing the evidence.
SEI Researchers Adam John and Magnus Benzie travel through Senegal to explore how the country is planning to achieve food security in the face of climate change impacts both at home and...
Rodents can not only make people jump in fright, but can also pose serious problems to food security. Although only 20 out 1700 rodent species are qualified as pests, each year they cause harvest losses of approximately 17%, enough to feed more than 25 million Indonesians for a year.
SIANI's annual meetings is a chance for SIANI members to gather and discuss, network and share knowledge on food systems. This years meeting had a particular focus on the impact of rapid urbanisation on food systems, particularly in urban, peri-urban, and in rural areas. Here is a summary of the meeting and what was discussed.
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted lives around the world, not the least the ones of forest and Indigenous communities. How did the pandemic impact their livelihoods and environments and how did they cope?