Food security and emergency agriculture

Globally increasing shocks and crises related to climate change, extreme weather events, and armed conflicts are resulting in a growing need for humanitarian interventions on food security and agricultural livelihoods. Here we highlight SLU’s contributions within food security and the humanitarian-development-peace nexus. From research, teaching, and support on disaster risk reduction and anticipatory action, through to advocacy for academic-humanitarian partnerships.

SLU's research profile

Explore some of the past and on-going initiatives at SLU related to food security, shocks and crises; and humanitarian agriculture.

Task force

SLU will lead a new task force focused on ‘Catalyzing academic-humanitarian partnerships for emergency food security response’ together with the global Food Security Cluster (FSC) and representatives from international humanitarian agencies.

Policy brief: Seed systems

A policy brief from SLU Global entitled “Enhancing smallholder farmers’ access to high-quality seeds” aims to highlight the importance of social capital in facilitating smallholder farmer access to high quality seeds.