Rural transformation
This report is drawn from an event which was part of the Expert Group on Higher Education for Sustainable Agriculture (HESA) in Southeast Asia initiative. The group was influenced by the...
A joint SIANI-SLU Global workshop took place on March 3, 2016 at SEI, Stockholm. The workshop aimed at discussing the impact of the Swedish involvement in capacity building as well as lessons learned. The workshop had the participation of international researchers, PhD and master students, members of the Swedish government, universities, consulting agencies and the SIANI network.
Systemic Practice and Action Research have made a fresh appearance in relation to the renewed focus on food security and land use globally. This has been referred to as the second wave of systems thinking in international agricultural research, which acknowledges farming systems thinking and participatory research of the 1980s as the first wave.
The SIANI Expert Group on Restoration of Rural Landscapes for Food Security had the intention to find a forum for communication and interaction with “new-Swedes” from countries where degraded...
A report from SIANI’s expert group on land rights in Latin America desribes how climate change leads to food insecurity and violence.
Building on the recent Human Rights Council recognition of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment as a human right, this event will offer recommendations for a post-2020 Global...
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and Swedish International Agriculture Network Initiative (SIANI) are very pleased to announce that registration for our Agri4D 2017 Conference is open! The theme for this biannual conference is "Rural Transformation and Urbanization".
The event explores youth-led initiatives for soil health, aiming to inspire action and address the pressing need to identify and scale up solutions for regenerating soils.
The People’s Food Summit will be a truly participatory summit that empowers the majority of the world's food producers.