Health and nutrition

Joakim Holmdahl, manager at Swedish Board of Agriculture describes their work around capacity building and technical support to the Georgian National Food Agency. From the event Institutional...

How does the National Food Agency work with the sustainable development goals? Annica Sohlström presents work on waste reduction, AMR, healthy diets and more. From the event Institutional...

Antimicrobial use has been very important for both human and animal health. However, the resistance to antibiotics makes it more difficult nowadays to treat infections caused by resistant bacteria from our use and misuse of AM in humans and animals.

Looking at antimicrobial resistance from the view of international policy with Cecilia Nordin Van Gansberghe

There is a close link between the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation and the human right to food. Safe drinking water and sanitation are crucial for human health and nutritional up-take, while water and plant nutrients (often in the form of fertilizers) are indispensable for producing food.

Summary of the seminar Antibiotikan i djurhållningen – vad kan Sverige lära världen? 7th July 2016, Almedalen

The EAT Forum brought together business leaders, scientists and politicians to discuss and inspire ways to transform our food system so it doesn’t harm our health and is not too much of a burden for the environment.

This policy brief outlines policy actions for management of urban livestock production and identifies the existing knowledge gaps.

More than half of the world’s seven billion people live in urban areas – a proportion that is set to increase to 69% by 2050. Rapid urbanization will increase the demand for food security, nutritious diets and food safety for urban populations.