Lectures/seminars
7 November, SLU, Alnarp, The Future of Plant Biotechnology in Europe
29 October, SLU, Uppsala, Measuring performance and value of social innnovation – Pertinence of Social Return on Investment Analysis. Student seminar.
October 25, WEBINAR: CLIMATE CHANGE AND FOOD SECURITY IN AFRICA from 15:00 GMT to 17:00 GMT
October 25, SLU, Uppsala, A framework for zoonoses at the livestock-human interface in western Kenya
Oktober 24, SLU, Uppsala, Brown Bag Seminar: Some Have It and Some Don’t - Food Security in a Global Perspective
October 17, SLU Upppsala, Agriculture is what you eat, Future Agriculture
October 16, SLU, Uppsala, Conservation Song - A History of Peasant-state Relations and the Environment in Malawi, 1860-2000
October 15, SIDA, Stockholm, Weather related crises - Improved resilience in development coperation!
26 September, SLU Uppsala, Dogs and Cats: Veterinary Care in an International Perspective
20 September, SLU Alnarp, Pathways to productivity - Australia´s Conservation Farming Revolution
18 September, SIDA, Stockholm, Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests
17 september, SLU Uppsala, Exploring Scopes for Enhanced Collaboration between SLU and IITA
August, 31, SLU, Uppsala, Plant immune respons and breeding of rice varieties resistant to disease and tolerant to flooding
29 augusti, SLU Uppsala, Publishing strategy – support to researchers, Future Animal Health and Welfare seminar
28 augusti, Stockholm, Waters to be protected and utilized with care
28 augusti, SLU Upsala, Critical research issues for future sub-Saharan African agriculture
June 18, SLU Uppsala, Hard to refuse Large-scale Agro-investments in Tanzania: The Structure, Practices and dynamics
June 1, 2012, SLU Uppsala, Dynamics of indigenous soil-water management practices: A case of Matengo Pits cultivation system in Tanzania and implications for food security
May 9, 2012: Half-day seminar "Animal health as a tool for poverty reduction". Time: 8:30-12:00 (followed by lunch). Location: lecture room KC1, University Animal Hospital, Uppsala. Organizers: CGD, SVA and Agri4D.
March 26, 2012: Student seminar, research school Natural Resource Management and Livelihoods in International Development (NRML). Time: 11:30-13:00. Location: big seminar room, Dept. of urban and rural development (SOL). Program: Norbert Zanga presents his research in Congo.
March 22, 2012: Seminar at the UN's World Water day 2012: Is there enough water to feed the world? (in Swedish)
February 27, 2012: Planning seminar, Natural Resource Management and Livelihoods in International Development (NRML) Research School
November 25, 2011: Centre for Global Animal Diseases seminar – Will Rift Valley fever be the next epizootic in Europe?
November 9, 2011: SOL Development Platform seminar – Luca Tacconi, Director of the Asia Pacific Network for Environmental Governance: Livelihoods in REDD - Payment for environmental services, forest management and climate change
November 8, 2011: Centre for Global Animal Diseases – Inauguration of the Centre
September 22, 2011: Lecture: – Ruben G. Echeverria, CIAT: Climate change, Agriculture and Food Security
May 25, 2011: NRML seminar – Patrick Okori, Makerere University: Harnessing north south parternships for Africa's development...
May 19, 2011: Future Agriculture – two lunch seminars
Conferences/workshops
6 December, Stockholm, Jorden vi äter- hur ska världens växande befolkning försörjas utan att ta kål på planeten. Arr: Naturskyddsföreningen
3-6 December, Kampala, Uganda, The SLU Africa Food Security Research Symposium. Invitation.
23 November, Stockholm, Sweden, Hur gör vi då? - ekonomin, klimatet och framtiden, (in Swedish), Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC).
19-20 November, Espoo. Finland, Development Cooperation and Higher Education: Coherence in Policy and practice in Finland, Sweden and the Nordic Region. Registration
15 November, Gent, Belgium, Symposium "Fibrous Feed Resources for Livestock in the Tropics", Poster instructions, Abstract guidelines
October 22-26, Nairobi, Kenya: Integrated Soil Fertility Management in Africa: From Microbes to Markets (ISFM Africa) Third Announcement
October 11-12, Uppsala, The Nordic Africa Institute´s 50th Anniversary Conference "Fifty years with Africa in focus"
October 12, SLU Uppsala, Workshop Clinical Trials, Future Animal Health and Welfare
26-27 september, SLU Uppsala, Agri4D Innovations & Incentives
September 12-13, SLU Uppsala, Hunger and Economic Growth, NRML Research School. Invitation Preliminary Programme
September 9-12, Falkenberg, Sweden, How can we ensure sustainable cattle production systems for future generations? Conference and workshop arranged by Future Agriculture.
June 25-28, Lusaka Zambia, Market Access for Development Practitioners - Local learning Facilitators´workshop
June 12-14, SLU Uppsala, SLU-East Africa collaborative workshop
December 2, 2011: Seminar/ workshop about SLU's programme SLU-REDD (please contact Boel Åström for information)
September 28-29, 2011: Agricultural Research for Development – Scales & Diversity. Information about Key Note Speakers.
Courses
23 November, Ångström laboratory,Uppsala. How to Write the Abstract and the Impact of a European Research Proposal. Organized by Grant´s Office, SLU and Uppsala University
November 19-23 , SLU Uppsala, Land-Use and Climat Change, PhD-kurs
September 10 - October 12, SLU Uppsala, Gender, Development and Environmnetal Governance, PhD-course, 7.5 ETCS
May 16-20, 2011: PhD course – Plant breeding and crop production – meeting the 2050 food security demands
Current topics
Have you seen the “Africa for Norway”-video? Imagine if every person in Africa saw the video and this was the only information they ever got about Norway. What would they think about Norway? (121121)
SLU is one of the participating universities in the European Master´s in Agricultural, Food and Environmental Policy Analysis (AFEPA). More information about programme admission and Erasmus Mundus scholarship here. Deadline: 15 December.
Dr Rodomiro Ortiz, Professor of Genetics and Plant Breeding at SLU Alnarp, was interviewed on the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers, and Bananas, during the 16th symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops at the Federal University of Agriculture in Abeokuta, Nigeria in September 2012. Read the full interview here.
Vacancies, IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria: Director for Humidtropics and Chief Officer for Management of Humidtropics. Closing date: 31 October.
Vacancy, ICRAF, Nairobi, Kenya: Post-Doctoral Fellow – Soil Scientist . Closing date: 30 October 2012
World Food Day, 16 October. "Agricultural cooperatives - key to feeding the world" is the official World food Day theme, announced by FAO.
SLU hosts Ethiopian researchers for cooperation on Soil and water management in agricultural production (121010)
The launching of SLU Global will be held on September 26th. Invitation and programme
New research from SLU: Livestock bacteria are as old as the livestock they kill (120630)
About farming production in Africa. Interview in Swedish radio with the director of SLU Global, Arvid Uggla (in Swedish). April 20, 2012
Calls
The Linnaeus-Palme Programme, application by 1 November, see instructions.
The Swedish Secretariat for Environmental Earth System Sciences SSEESS offers project planning grants aiming to facilitate the formation of North-South research consortia within global environmental change (GEC) research. Deadline 16 November.
Southern African Young Scientists Summer Program DEADLINE: 1 October 2012
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John Dillon Fellowships to young agricultural scientists and economists in developing countries. Australian Center for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) DEADLINE 31 AUGUSTI
OECD – Research Fellowships and Conference Sponsorship - CRP Tema: The Natural Resources Challenge, Sustainability in Practice or The Food Chain DEADLINE: 10 september 2012
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