Written by Joris P. G. M. Cromsigt, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, SLU. The origin of the covid-19 pandemic, like previous major zoonotic disease outbreaks such as Ebola and HIV, has been linked to wildlife and the consumption of wild meat. Although the exact source of covid-19 still is a… Continue reading Covid-19 lessons: Wildlife as our ally, not our enemy
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
Agroforestry – an act to fight climate change?
Agroforestry with pine and cotton Photo: National Agroforestry Center/Wikimedia commons
Migrant workers exposed during Covid-19 crisis
Written by Alin Kadfak, SIANI-SLU Global Communicator and Researcher at the Department of Urban and Rural Development at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU. This blog post was originally posted at SIANI website. The ongoing global pandemic may increase job insecurity and ruin rudimentary social welfare structures, amplifying the vulnerability of migrant workers. I could not see many… Continue reading Migrant workers exposed during Covid-19 crisis