This blogpost is written by Divya Gupta, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India; Suchita Shrestha, Southasia Institute of Advanced Studies, Kathmandu, Nepal and Harry Fischer, SLU. This article was first published by SIANI. Edible wild foods have been an important part of the diet for rural populations around the world, primarily in developing countries. They are… Continue reading Wild food as a safety net: Food and nutrition security during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Category: Research
For the love of the spud in spite of its beauty spots
This article was written by Erik Alexandersson, Researcher at the Department of Plant Protection Biology, SLU. Today, 26 October, is the offical potato day here in Sweden and a good opportunity to look closer at this quite nutritional crop. The potato is grown and eaten all over the world and production is on the rise in… Continue reading For the love of the spud in spite of its beauty spots
Smallholder farmers in Kenya know how to meet climate challenges, but lack the means to do it
This article was written and first published by SIANI in collaboration with PhD Ylva Nyberg, Department of Crop Production Ecology, SLU. The findings and conclusions in this blog post are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of SLU. Many smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are caught up in a negative… Continue reading Smallholder farmers in Kenya know how to meet climate challenges, but lack the means to do it
COVID-19 and Food Security
Written by: Assem Abouhatab, Sofia Boqvist, Sara Gräslund, Ylva Hillbur and Rodomiro OrtizSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) Reflections on Sweden’s Global Contribution to Agenda 2030 During a short time span, COVID-19 has spread rapidly across the globe, resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths. The underlying causes of the pandemic are linked to the… Continue reading COVID-19 and Food Security
Flowering plants for the fight against malaria
Each year, more than 200 million people suffer from malaria around the world and every two minutes, a child dies from the disease. Globally, an estimated 3.4 billion people in 92 countries are at risk of being infected with malaria and developing disease. In conjunction to World Malaria Day, marked each year on 25 April,… Continue reading Flowering plants for the fight against malaria