This blog post is written by Adan Martinez Cruz, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Forest Economics and SLU Global coordinator. From 14 June to 16 June 2021, DevRes 2021 allowed us to exchange insights on challenges and opportunities to accomplish the 2030 Agenda –with a focus on low-income countries. Originally scheduled for June 2020… Continue reading DevRes 2021: Takeaways that may help us in reaching SDGs in low-income countries
Tag: climate change
“Planting trees is always good”
– A Master’s thesis about Swedish carbon offsetting initiatives through tree planting projects in the Global South. This blog post is written by Emil Planting Mollaoglu, Research Assistant at the Department of Urban and Rural Development, MSc in Rural Development at SLU Over the past two years, I have studied the Rural Development and Natural… Continue reading “Planting trees is always good”
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
Agroforestry – an act to fight climate change?
Agroforestry with pine and cotton Photo: National Agroforestry Center/Wikimedia commons