The subject of transnational land acquisitions, infamously referred to as land grabbing, has increasingly become an important policy concern in Africa as acquisitions have grown in scale and number. Is this another case of corrupt African leaders selling their citizens short or simply governments pursuing an economic development opportunity?
SIANI, Focali & Naturskyddsföreningen invite you to a one-day seminar in Gothenburg. The ‘landscape’ view has risen in importance within discussions on sustainability, resilience, improved...
Mer än 800 miljoner människor lider idag av kronisk undernäring och Sverige har möjlighet att påverka genom att stötta jordbrukssatsningar i de fattiga delarna av världen skriver aktörer inom jordbrukssektorn i GP. Aktörerna välkomnar regeringens ökade satsningar inom området samtidigt som dessa måste ses mot de stora neddragningarna av stödet till jordbuksutveckling som skett under flera år.
There are approximately 400 to 500 million small farms around the world. This implies that some two billion people – a third of the world‘s population – are dependent on smallholding for their livelihoods.
In One Billion Hungry, Sir Gordon Conway, one of the world’s foremost experts on global food needs, explains the many interrelated issues critical to our global food supply from the science of agricultural advances to the politics of food security.
Weather-related crises pose a serious threat to human development and in some places it is already undermining the international community’s efforts to reduce poverty. How should we refocus and strengthen our work to become more effective?
THIS EVENT HAS NOW FINISHEDThe seminar "Cash transfers, resilience and agriculture development" is streaming LIVE!For a full description of the event, with documents and agenda, please see the Event page.If you have any questions about the live streaming or the event, please contact SIANI Programme Manager Matt
SIANI reported from the IUCN World Conservation Congress in South Korea between the 6-8th September participating in events relating to Food Security. We produced daily digests from the events we attended and these you can find below.
Today was the main Nature+ Food day at the IUCN Congress. There was clearly a lot on people's minds as they headed to their various morning sessions. In summary it came out of discussions that there was a need for the conservation community to engage more directly with agriculture because it is the most significant driver of environmental change.