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Young agriprenuers in Nigeria are seeking cooperation with students in Agricultural and Rural Management at SLU.

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.

Do agroforestry systems produce more and a greater range of ecosystem services than segregated agriculture and forestry systems? Agroforestry practices and multi-functional landscapes have recently returned to the forefront of discussion in response to challenges of the conventional agriculture systems.

The Swedish International Agricultural Network Initiative (SIANI)  Expert Group on Higher Education for Sustainable Agriculture (HESA) in Southeast Asia has recently been very active with various national meetings in the Philippines (22-23 July), Thailand (27-28 July) and Lao PDR (4 August).  These activities were possible with funding from the Swedish Intern

This policy brief distils the findings of an SEI study of a major bioenergy project's impact on rural development and local livelihoods. 

Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa see foreign direct investment as crucial for jump-starting their economies, and they are tapping into fast-rising demand for biofuels. Without stronger public-sector engagement, however, the potential for rural transformation will not be realized.

Information technology is helping African farmers to become more efficient and they can't get enough of it. That is the conclusion of a special agriculture section in this year's eLearning Africa Report, an annual review of the impact of technology on education and development.

This presentations displays the results of our youth focus survey. It includes information about the most interesting topics for youth within the filed of agricultural development and food...

One of the main recommendations from the SIANI Annual meeting in January 2015 was to identify the ways to involve more youth in the discussion around agricultural development in general and in the SIANI network in particular.