By: Dr. Alin Kadfak, Gothenburg University Thanks to globalisation we can enjoy a great variety of seafood from all over the world at a fairly affordable price. But with less fish in the sea to catch, someone has to pay for the misdeeds of unsustainable fishing. As much as one fifth of fish caught worldwide is… Continue reading Who pays the price for cheap seafood?
Report from the SIANI Annual Meeting 2019
By: Dr. Alin Kadfak, Department of Urban and Rural Development, SLU Did you know that about half of migrants are women? And more migrants migrate within developing countries than crossing North-South borders? Migration does not refer only border crossing, but moving from rural to urban as well as rural to rural within the same country. There… Continue reading Report from the SIANI Annual Meeting 2019
SLU student’s impressions from COP24
Two students from SLU went to the 24th Conference of the parties (COP24) in Katowice, Poland. Read their blog posts with impressions and experiences from their stay. A student at the COP24 – Why I would go again By: Charlotte Ponzelar, MSc student in Environmental Communication and Management Overwhelming, massive, colourful. These three words can barely… Continue reading SLU student’s impressions from COP24
What are the effects of something that never happened?
By: Dr. Linda Engström, Department of Urban and Rural Development, SLU It is early morning when we leave a cool, overcast Bagamoyo town and the beaches of the Indian Ocean behind us. We are driving north-west towards Razaba Ranch, the area in eastern Tanzania where the Swedish company Eco Energy is planning to plant thousands of hectares of… Continue reading What are the effects of something that never happened?
Pushing back against disease with participatory epidemiology
By: Dr. Alin Kadfak, Department of Urban and Rural Development, SLU A herd of animals can be the only source of income for many families in areas like northern Uganda or southern Africa. Farmers with poor access to infrastructure and capital struggle to address and manage disease outbreaks, which can wipe out a household’s economy. Worldwide 750… Continue reading Pushing back against disease with participatory epidemiology