Rural transformation
Unlike oranges or apples, NUS species perform well under extreme weather conditions and adapt easily. Neglected species are insurance crops that will provide in difficult times, and apart from immediate effect on famine prevention, underutilized species are also donors of genes for future climate-proof plant breeding.
Anne Larson, Team leader for Equity, Gender and Tenure, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), discussed tenure rights of local communities and indigenous people. She argued that the...
SIANI, SLU and Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) co-organised Food Systems for New Realities – Agri4D 2021 conference to explore the potential knowledge and...
The change across world’s cities and rural areas is obvious, constant and rapid. Growing demand for food, driven by population growth and rising incomes, creates opportunities and challenges for...
Frontier landscapes present some of the greatest challenges to sustainable development, but also great opportunities. These are geographically remote, scarcely populated areas that are being transformed rapidly by agricultural expansion and associated socioeconomic changes.
The FLARE (Forests and Livelihoods: Assessment, Research, and Engagement) network, supported by DFID and coordinated from the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of...
En vattenflaska i trä, en pop up-restaurang, en möbelkollektion uppnämnd efter rödlistade arter och utdelning av bindor under Vasaloppet – detta är resultaten från Kungl. Skogs- och...
Talare: Marja-Liisa Tapio-Biström, FAO; David Andersson, ECOCERA/Chalmers; Thomas Kätterer, SLU; Bo Lager, Vi-skogen; Stéphane de Clara, INRA; Madeleine Jönsson, FAO.
Can multispectral imaging and AI be an approach for early detection of malaria infection? Ida-Maria Sintorn and Carolina Wählby, Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University In 2023...
As more and more people move from the countryside to the cities, our knowledge of what farm life is and what a farm produces is gradually getting lost. For many modern children, the connection...