By: Maja Malmberg, Researcher at the Section of Virology at the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health at SLU and Ekaterina Bessonova, Communications Officer at SIANI. This blog was originally posted at SIANI website Few of us have ever imagined living through a pandemic. With all the global progress and achievements in medicine, a contagion seemed like something from the dark… Continue reading How can we avoid another virus outbreak?
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Tanzanian-Swedish collaboration at the World Urban Forum 2020
By: Edson Sanga, Happiness Mlula, Lazaro Mngumi, Maglan Sang’enoi and Said Nuhu. PhD candidates at SLU enrolled in the Capacity Building Research Training Partnership with Ardhi University in Tanzania. On 8-14 February, the tenth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF 10) was held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). This year SLU arranged… Continue reading Tanzanian-Swedish collaboration at the World Urban Forum 2020
Inclusion of youth – SIANI Annual Meeting 2020
By: Emelie Olsson, student in agronomy rural development and intern at SLU Global How can development, food security and business include rural youth? This was the subject of SIANI (Swedish International Angricultural Network Initiative)’s Annual Meeting in Stockholm in the end of January. The subject is relevant since much of the rural world is young.… Continue reading Inclusion of youth – SIANI Annual Meeting 2020
Sustainable fish farming? Yeast and flies come to the rescue
By: Alin Kadfak SIANI-SLU Global Communicator and Researcher at the Department of Urban and Rural Development at SLUThis blog was originally posted at SIANI website Aquaculture has a tricky reputation; the fish meal is one reason why. But with new research from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), the unsustainable fish feed can become a problem… Continue reading Sustainable fish farming? Yeast and flies come to the rescue
Trees and water: don’t underestimate the connection
By: Douglas Sheil, Norwegian University of Life SciencesThis blog was originally posted in CIFOR Forest News Trees have extraordinary powers, especially when it comes to water. But such powers must be wielded with care. Trees have extraordinary powers. They provide shade, cool the local climate, draw carbon dioxide from the air, and can repair and… Continue reading Trees and water: don’t underestimate the connection