In June 2018, AgriFoSe2030 organized a writeshop in Gothenburg to gather ideas from young African researchers and produce a book with success stories from research about multifunctional...

Have you ever considered that you’re not the only one who decides what food ends up on your plate? On the occasion of World Food Day 2018, which will mark the 73rd anniversary of FAO's founding...

Collective tenure has been recognized in legislation for over a decade. What’s new is that it’s now being implemented, which has created a whole new area for research.

The International Training Programme is directed to individuals that are policy-makers with a mandate to implement changes relevant for intellectual property and innovation in relation to genetic...

Executive Director of the IRDF, Arze Glipo, discusses the organisation's strategies towards sustainable agriculture and food sovereignity. The needs and recommendations for future work are also...

Presentation held by Annika Åhnberg, Chair of SIANI Steering Committee, at the SIANI Annual Meeting 2018

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....

Presented by Per Olof Seman - SWEACC, at the workshop "Youth, Agripreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals", 8th of May 2017.

Ever heard of Kibera vertical farms?  These are not perhaps the designer skyscraper greenhouses you might imagine, but rather sacks filled with soil. However, Kibera dwellers are able to grow tomatoes, spinach and kale in those sacks which, together with ugali and eggs, from Kibera-kept chickens, make a nutritious meal.

Indigenous and local communities, particularly in forest areas, are increasingly affected by environmental degradation and deforestation, which is often the result of unsustainable land use and global demand for commodities and mineral resources.