Trade and innovation
On 2 February 2016, the Ethiopian Ambassador for Sweden and the Nordic countries, Her Excellency Woinshet Tadesse visited SLU.The Ambassador Woinshet Tadesse met with Vice-Chancellor Peter Högberg and several SLU researchers for discussions about on-going and future research collaborations between Ethiopia and SLU.
Surveys for Estonia’s national food waste assessment reveal that the country throws away a total of 92,000 tons of food annually, worth close to €100 million.
In the next decade agricultural development in Africa will occur against a backdrop of dynamic changes in global, regional and national economies, driven by rapid globalization, increasing demand for strategic resources, instabilities affecting agro-food and energy systems and, not the least, by the growing population.
The State Secretary to the Swedish Foreign Minister provides insights into the global partnership and cooperation surrounding the SDGs
Why is it so difficult to make agricultural investments sustainable? The Senior Sustainability Advisor, Danone and co-founder of the Livelihoods Fund talks about challenges and opportunities for...
How has farming in Africa developed during the last 15 years? African smallholder farmers and sustainable food production – trends and challenges.
Can we ensure that the food sold in our supermarkets is delivered through a sustainable supply chain? This is not an easy question to answer, but consumers who want to be responsible face it on a daily basis. Certification schemes are one way of dealing with this issue.
According to FAO’s data about one third of all edible food that we produce is lost or wasted. Food waste is a fundamental moral dilemma because in the world with a growing population and 800 million of chronically food insecure people, it is an inexcusable to waste food and resources.
Avskaffa hunger, uppnå tryggad livsmedelsförsröjning och förbättrad nutrition samt främja ett hållbart jordbruk. Det är, som Annika Söder, statssekreterare på UD, konstaterar ett ambitiöst mål som världens länder ställt upp som ett av de 17 globala målen i Agenda 2030.