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Focali researcher Torsten Krause recaps the main points of discussion from the Focali-LUCSUS (the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies) workshop on June 10 2014. FOCALI and LUCSUS held, in collaboration with SIANI, a one-day worksho
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Idag är soja - och fiskmjöl de vanligaste proteinkällorna i djurfoder, men båda ifrågasätts eftersom de har stor negativ miljöpåverkan och inte anses hållbara i längden. Alternativa...
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Women all over the world and particularly in Africa are known to be responsible for producing, selecting and utilizing food, family nutrition and food security. Nonetheless, the world has yet to realize that the resources needed for full participation of women in the rural economy is not in the hands of these women who contribute most to it sustainability and development.
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This is a blog from days 2 and 3 of the Sharefair on Rural Women's Technologies - Inspiring Agricultural Change: Improve Food Security, Nutrition, and Productive Family Farming in Eastern and Southern Africa”. 15 - 17 October, 2014, Nairobi Kenya.
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Every food item we eat needs water for its production, but different foods require different amount of water.
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We are approaching the finale of the International Year of Family Farming, and this year’s World Food Day theme, chosen by the UN, aims to highlight the crucial value that family farms bring...
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Studies have demonstrated that by removing gender-related barriers and empowering women in agriculture to fully engage in regional economies would accelerate growth, reduce poverty and improve...
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Deforestation in the Amazon has fallen dramatically, by about 77% between 2004 and 2011, enabling Brazil to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by more than a third in that period, while also preserving biodiversity and maintaining other vital ecosystem services.
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In Sweden, Government policy supporting collaborations intended to reduce food waste and production losses has been a great success. In part, due to the specific policy for Global Development...
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Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an...