Landscape and natural resource management

Agri4D 2017 Urban Phenomenon and Urban Legend: Perspectives from Research in Africa. Pay Drechsel, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), CGIAR, Headquarters – Sri Lanka

Agri4D 2017 Urban Agricultures Without Borders: Lessons, Logics and Liabilities. Luc Mougeot, International Development Research Centre – IDRC, Canada

Agri4D 2017 Sustainable Poverty Reduction: The market and economics of emerging bioeconomies in Sub Saharan Africa. Antony Chapoto, Research Director at the Indaba Agricultural Policy Research...

Of the approximately 154 million SEK allocated by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) to development research during the period 2017-2021, more than 27 million were rewarded to SLU....

What’s unique about going to the south of Sweden in the early winter to an agroforestry conference with 200 participants? Is it the poster session or the conference dinner with an agroforestry...

Johannesburg, November 29, 2017 –  Nigeria has pledged to restore 4 million hectares of degraded land by 2030 as part of the AFR100 Initiative and Bonn Challenge, signalling the continuing...

In most of Southeast Asia agriculture and forestry are managed separately which has been proven to exacerbate poverty, food insecurity and marginalisation, hitting highlands communities the hardest. Agroforestry is increasingly seen as the bridge between the two domains.

Using wastewater in forestry combines water re-use and nutrient recycling. This approach can theoretically address water scarcity, help to maintain tree cover and provide multiple ecosystem...

Promoting traditional food cultures like the Sámi one is not about putting them into some outdoor museum or treating them like mere folklore. It is about learning from creativity, which grew from the need of self-sufficiency and subsistence in a harsh climate, it is about making the best use of the richness of knowledge and ideas for new-old trends, like nose-to-tail cooking or foraging.