Slides
Hanna Wetterstrand beskrev hur vi överskrider eller redan har överskridit planetens gränser på 9 viktiga områden där jordbruket är en bidragande faktor . 60% av jordens städer som kommer...
News Story
A growing population needs an increasing amount of food and energy. Due to global climate change and volatile fossil fuel prices, bioenergy production attracts more and more attention and investment.
News Story
Det blev ingen begravningsmässa. Snarare en födelsedagsfest för nya sätt att se på jord, skog och klimathot.
News Story
Substantial pre- and post-harvest losses occur as a result of inefficiencies of the agricultural value chain. Reducing losses caused by pest destruction, inefficient storage, and crop contamination would directly contribute to greater food security. One of the sessions at the Agri4D Conference was devoted to this particular issue.
Publication
The Policy brief provides the definition of resilience and outlines three resilience models: the adaptive cycle of change within a given system; “panarchy” which describes interactions between...
News Story
Resilience is at the center of the current development agenda and many states have resilience policies. However, such initiatives are often criticized for being too vague and lacking the understanding of what resilience is and how to perform resilience actions in crisis situations.
Blog Post
Reporting back from Melinda Sundell in The Netherlands!The energy at this conference is amazing and as a result I am continuing in the rebellious mode of studiously avoiding all of the presentations by my fellow agricultural economists and going for sessions where I am a complete novice, which are basically those sessions which have more to do with food than
News Story
Degradation of soils is a worldwide phenomenon and has various affects on environment, primarily in terms of ecosystems and biodiversity loss, contributing to desertification and, hence, increasing vulnerability to climate change. This range of interrelated issues is attributed to unsustainable land use practices and continuously growing further demand for land.