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Climate change and resource conflict
Food Systems
Food systems
 
News Story
14 June 2023
Different roles, one mission: transition to sustainable and resilient food systems for all

SIANI Global meeting on the challenges, opportunities, and pathways for transforming food systems to be sustainable, equitable and more resilient. 

Landscape management
Rural transformation
 
Blog Post
15 March 2023
Two development strategies for rural Africa cause land loss for rural smallholders

Exploring the combined effects of the four key Tanzania legislative acts and policies related to large-scale agro-investment and land formalisation on the development agenda for rural smallholders.

Food Systems
Health and nutrition
 
Blog Post
21 February 2023
Boosting smallholders to reach beyond food security

As a result of prevailing market and demographic shifts and extreme environmental conditions, global communities are attempting to enhance food security through different sustainable agrifood...

Gender and equality
Landscape management
Trade and production
 
Blog Post
22 November 2022
Tree crops may be a better alternative for agricultural commercialisation among women than food crops – Here’s why

Inspired by the East Asian miracle, which utilised smallholder agriculture as a conduit for economic growth and poverty reduction, many African governments have committed to contributing 10% of...

Health and nutrition
Landscape management
 
News Story
4 December 2020
The hidden reality of soil pollution calling plants to the rescue

Phytoremediation, a cost-effective solution for a biological soil clean-up, can help us avoid health hazards and strengthen food security.

Rural transformation
Trade and production
 
News Story
10 September 2020
Farmers are true COVID-19 heroes and we must support the people who produce our food

What we do now to protect our farmers will have long term implications for food security in the years to come.

Rural transformation
Trade and production
 
Video
10 September 2020
Webinar recording: Recovery, reactivation and resilience – sustainable food security in a post-COVID world

Watch the recording of our webinar about sustainable and food secure COVID-19 recovery.

Health and nutrition
Rural transformation
 
News Story
13 June 2019
Chefs spill the beans, but where are the farmers? Reflections from the EAT Forum 2019 in Stockholm

Follow the latest updates and key discussions on the intersection of food, health, and nature.

Rural transformation
 
Blog Post
29 April 2018
Food biodiversity: The bottomless well of innovation

Biodiversity loss narrows down the possibilities we have to discover innovative solutions to a sustainable food system. It reduces our chances to succeed.

Landscape management
Sustainable Agricultural Production and Food Security
 
News Story
8 June 2017
How to increase maize yield in rainfed agriculture?

Maize yields in sub-Saharan Africa have been at the lower end of the global range for decades. A new thesis by Emilio Magaia, PhD candidate at the Department of Soil and Environment at SLU presents a way to improve water use efficiency in semi-arid regions through better soil and water management.