Recent study by researchers from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and Mistra Council for Evidence-Based Environmental Evidence (EviEM) suggests that sequestration effects of low-tillage agriculture can be limited only to the topsoil.
EU-funded BONUS RETURN project is offering pre-commercialisation support to top innovations addressing nutrient and carbon reuse in the Baltic Sea.
Today, there are durum wheat varieties that can be grown on the savannah, along the Senegal River during the four months of the year when temperatures reach 35-40 degrees (°C) and it is too hot...
Salme Timmusk from the Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and colleagues have received 3 million SEK from VR (the Swedish...
Of the approximately 154 million SEK allocated by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) to development research during the period 2017-2021, more than 27 million were rewarded to SLU....
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has asked SLU (The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) to lead the way in developing a manual on prudent use of antibiotics in...
Man-made systemic changes to Earth’s life-supporting systems are now directly and indirectly affecting our health and well-being, climate change being the clearest example. These negative trends are also accelerated by social and economic drivers, such as poverty, inequality and conflict. Clearly, we need coordinated action to reduce the risks global environmental change imposes on global health and well-being.
What’s unique about going to the south of Sweden in the early winter to an agroforestry conference with 200 participants? Is it the poster session or the conference dinner with an agroforestry...
Johannesburg, November 29, 2017 – Nigeria has pledged to restore 4 million hectares of degraded land by 2030 as part of the AFR100 Initiative and Bonn Challenge, signalling the continuing...