Health and nutrition

This presentation was held by Anna Richert from WWF Sweden at the World Food Day 2016 event in Stockholm on the 14th of October 2016.

Many development initiatives have limited impact. Educational curricula are developed, but children do not learn. Nurses are trained, but clinics lack staff. Governments adopt reforms, but institutional practices remain the same and citizens experience little change.

Is it OK to keep eating meat? Or even milk, cheese and eggs? It’s almost guaranteed that this topic will come up whenever dinner table conversation turns to sustainability. Livestock production has been implicated in many of our biggest environmental challenges, from climate change to deforestation to the critical state of many coastal ecosystems.

One of the plant’s genes has been “edited”, so to speak, using CRISPR/Cas9 technology in which a small part of the DNA has been removed.

This policy brief identifies and explains the main reasons behind the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) associated with improper use of antibiotics in the livestock sector. Focusing on the...

Presented by Joakim Larsson at the Seminar "Antimicrobial resistance; linkages between humans, livestock and water in periurban areas", as part of the World Water Week, 29th August 2016.

Big up to all the instagrammers! We are starting our first Instagram contest! Are you growing your own beans, lentils or peas? Are you doing research about pulses in Sweden or abroad? Or do you just love to cook and eat them? Whatever your relation to pulses is, we invite you to share your best shot in our Instagram contest!

Presented by Juan Lubroth at the seminar "Antimicrobial resistance; linkages between humans, livestock and water in peri-urban areas" at the World Water Week, 29th August 2016.

A report by the CFS High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition. Presented by Delia Grace at the seminar "Antimicrobial resistance; linkages between humans, livestock and water in...