Documents from past activities

Here you will find agendas and presentations from past symposia, workshops and seminars. Presentations are labelled by presenter´s name.

NRML Graduate Research School Symposium 2012

Hunger and Economic Growth

12 -13 September 2012

Venue: SLU-Ultuna Campus Undervisningshuset

Download the symposium invitation and program (pdf file, 900 kb).

Come and join us in listening to and discussing with great thinkers and scholars on issues affecting our common development. You can find the powerpoint presentations in the links below:

Professor Magnus Jirström (Lund University)
Professor Rodomiro Octavio Ortiz Rios (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences). Part I. Part II.
Professor Hans Rosling (Gapminder – Karolinska Institutet)
Ms Biraj Swain (International Expert-Food and Nutrition Justice)
Assoc Prof Anne Kubai (Uppsala University, Sweden)

Seminar
Africa’s Evolving Seed Sector: Implications for Land Use Dr.Edward Mabaya, Cornell University, USA

Date: 21st September, 2011 Time: 1330 – 1530 (coffee and tea break included)

Venue: Undervisningshuset Room G – SLU Ultuna Campus

Seminar abstract>>>

Course:
16-20 May 2011 Course: Plant breeding and crop production - meeting the 2050 food security demands

Course outline>>>

Information: Per-Olof.Lundquist@slu.se

3 March 2011
Seminar by Neil Macleod, CEO eThekwini Water and Sanitation, Durban: Durban - sustainable city in practice - water supply, sanitation and small scale food production

8 March 2011
Lunch seminar by Professor Woldeamlak Bewket: Agricultural adaptation to climate change: farmer responses to experienced climate variability in Ethiopia

Woldeamlak Bewket

24 November 2010
Ecosystems and development - implications for food security, market policies and rural/urban migration.

Agenda
Prof Shijun Ding
Dr Rohan D´Souza
Dr Lindiwe Majele Sibanda
Prof Thomas Rosswall
NB Prof Magnus Jirström could not participate but will present at a later date.

18 November 2010 SLU alumni meeting in Kampala

As part of the research schools objective to strengthen networks and partnerships with stakeholders in the field of Natural Resource Management and Livelihoods (NRML) in international development, the school organized a side event for SLU Alumni and partners during the Conference on Higher Education in Agriculture in Africa (CHEA). The conference was hosted by the Regional Universities Forum (RUFORUM), the Government of Uganda and Makerere University between 15- 19 November 2010.

The Vice Chancellor Lisa Sennerby Forse was one of the invited speakers during the conference and she also officiated the SLU-Africa Alumni meeting held on 18 November in Kampala. The theme for the meeting was “SLU in Africa – Africa in SLU”.

The full report from the SLU Alumni meeting and the presentation held can be downloaded here.

Page updated: 2012-10-20.

Documents from past activities

NRML Graduate Research School Symposium 2012

Hunger and Economic Growth

12 -13 September 2012

Seminar Africa’s Evolving Seed Sector: Implications for Land Use Dr.Edward Mabaya, Cornell University, USA

Course:16-20 May 2011 Course: Plant breeding and crop production - meeting the 2050 food security demands

3 March 2011 Seminar by Neil Macleod, CEO eThekwini Water and Sanitation, Durban: Durban - sustainable city in practice - water supply, sanitation and small scale food production

8 March 2011 Lunch seminar by Professor Woldeamlak Bewket: Agricultural adaptation to climate change: farmer responses to experienced climate variability in Ethiopia

24 November 2010 Ecosystems and development - implications for food security, market policies and rural/urban migration.

AgendaProf Shijun DingDr Rohan D´SouzaDr Lindiwe Majele SibandaProf Thomas RosswallNB Prof Magnus Jirström could not participate but will present at a later date.