Trade and innovation

The African Development Bank has launched a ten year strategy to further the ongoing transformation of the African continent, where focus lies in two objectives: inclusive growth and transition to green growth. The continent has had a strong growth over the last decade, however it has been an uneven development and not including all citizens, hence why the first objective is very crucial.

Both mining and agriculture are vital for the economic growth of the country. However, in situations, when rich ore reserves are situated underneath fertile soils, decision makers have to choose between a fast economy boost vs. long-term development.

Exploring the possibility of measuring the Adaptive Capacity of cooperatives and their farmers to the Impacts of Climate Change in Eastern Africa  

Integrering av forskningsdata och forskningsmetoder från de olika vetenskapsfälten soil science och nationalekonomi kan bättre förklara tropisk jordbruksproduktion än traditionell forskning inom dessa discipliner, där viktiga variabler utanför det egna ämnesområdet ofta väljs bort.

Cecilia Lalander, Stefan Diener, Maria Elisa Magri, Christian Zurbrügg, Anders Lindström and Björn Vinnerås from Uppsala University and Eawag: (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and...

Rodent damage to pre-harvest yields

SIANI was present at the Food Security Futures conference held in Dublin 11-12 April.  The conference was organized by IFPRI, CGIAR and FAO and revolved around three topical and two umbrella sessions.  Summaries of the sessions are available here.

Click here to read the interview by Marie Persson at FRCN with three experts on the topic of agroforestry: Roger Leakey, André Gonçalves and Ben Phalan.

LiveWell aims to contribute towards the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from the food chain in EU and demonstrate sustainable and healthy diets.