By: Aida Bargues Tobella, Postdoctor at the Department of Forest Ecology and Management; Tropical Forestry and Land Use Management Unit Land degradation is a major problem in the tropics. Such degradation entails a decline in the capacity of the land to produce and provide ecosystem goods and services, with negative impacts for human livelihoods, food security… Continue reading Restoring degraded tropical landscapes with trees
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How can Artificial Intelligence improve African agriculture?
By: Erik Bongcam-Rudloff, Professor of Bioinformatics at the Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, SLU As climates change and populations increase, Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be a key player in Africa in the creation of technological innovations that will improve and protect crop yield and livestock. The work creating technologies that allows computers and machines to… Continue reading How can Artificial Intelligence improve African agriculture?
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?