Rural transformation
This year the special business focus area will be Value Added Food Production in EAC and Exports to Sweden. Swedish companies with experiences from added value production will inform you about...
In the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Kichwa people wake up before dawn with their families to drink a caffeinated infusion of boiled leaves from the guayusa tree (Ilex guayusa). They discuss the lessons from their dreams and use them to plan for the day ahead.
How do we end the double burden of nutrition? Discover what world leaders discussed and committed to at the Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021.
The article summarises the main findings of the HLPE-FSN report on financing constraints for food security and nutrition, providing innovative financing tools to accelerate progress on SDG Targets 2.1 and 2.2, along with implementation guidance.
Recommendations from an expert workshop on managing health risks in food systems: need for transparent approaches to balance facts, feelings and politics.
More than 30 % of young children suffer from some form of malnutrition in the world today. The consequences are devastating, such as bad health and poor economic development. Scaling Up Nutrition, SUN, movement is a country-led movement that collaborates to improve nutrition globally.
On 11 February 2016 representatives from the Swedish Chemicals Agency (KemI), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Pesticide Action Network Asia Pacific (PAN AP) and the Field Alliance (TFA) visited SLU for discussions about cooperation on management and sustainable use of agricultural, industrial and consumer chemicals in Southeast Asia.
Are we ready to meet the world’s increasing food demand over the coming decades? Some people are doubtful of how we are going to feed 2.4 billion more people when no extra land is available and degradation of existing farmland is widespread.
Survey of Stakeholder Perspectives (Activity 1)Swedish International Agriculture Network Initiative (SIANI)Agriculture-Sanitation Expert groupWhile Sweden has an established history of research...
Melinda Fones Sundell, SIANI's Senior Advisor reflects on "Food Security: Mapping Risks, Building Resilience" conference held in Chatham House, London on the 1-2 December 2014.