Rural transformation

Summary of discussion from e-Forum 3, following the publication of the ICT in Agriculture e-Sourcebook.

The general objective is to improve health and the living conditions of the families settled in peri-urban areas of El Alto city, through the provision of ecological toilets with a sustainable and...

Seminariet arrangerades i Almedalen den 2 juli i samarbete med The Swedish International Agriculture Network Initiative, SIANI, FAO Norden, Röda Korset och Swedish Water House.  Bakgrund

Agriculture is at the core of many of humankind’s greatest challenges:how to feed a population fast rising to 10 billion, how tomitigate and adapt to climate change, and how to protect and...

Boys learning new ideas of masculinity around campfires in rural Africa and “sisterhoods” formed to provide a common voice to women are starting to change attitudes about African women farmers, say the authors of a forthcoming book about gender and agriculture.

This seminar aims to highlight innovative methodologies in small-scale farming in Sub-Saharan Africa which have demonstrably resulted in transformations in gender relations.The gender...

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...

WASH investments substantially contribute to food and nutrition security: Making more out of available food through improved health and increasing harvests through productive sanitation.

Madeleine Fogde explains the background to Sweden's involvement in sanitation and its links to agriculture.

This study tour will focus on the linkage between agriculture and the sanitation systems in Sweden, demonstrated by a new project that has been developed in close cooperation between the...