Resources: Food security

 Rainfed systems intensification and scaling of water and soil   management

 Four case studies of development in family farming
 Editors: Jennie Barron & Anna Tengberg. SLU 2023

Securing sustainable access to aquatic foods. 

In collaboration with WorldFish and SLU Aqua.

SLU Global 2023

Water productivity, the yield gap, and nutrition. The case of Ethiopia

By Jan Lundqvist, Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), Louise Malmquist, SLU, Paulo Dias, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Jennie Barron, SLU, Mekonnen B. Wakeyo, Policy Studies Institute (PSI), Ethiopia

An FAO Land and Water Discussion Paper 2021

Harnessing nature-based solutions for smallholder plant health in a changing climate.

SLU Global, 2021.

Applying three dimensions of sustainability for a better food system and better nutrition. Knowledge, cooperation and innovation.

By the Swedish FAO Committee, February 2021.

Read a news article about the report.

Overcoming water challenges in agriculture
Latest isssue of the State of Food and Agriculture 2020, by FAO.
With contributions by SLU researcher Jennie Barron.

Read a news article about the report.

Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture 
Ch 17: Gender mainstreaming in agricultural and forestry institutions
Epilogue: Gender, agriculture, and shifting food systems under coronavirus global pandemic
By Stephanie Leder and Seema Arora-Jonsson, SLU, 2020

Tackling antimicrobial use and resistance in dairy cattle
 - lessons learned in Sweden

SLU Global and FAO 2020.

Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture 
Ch 17: Gender mainstreaming in agricultural and forestry institutions
Epilogue: Gender, agriculture, and shifting food systems under coronavirus global pandemic

By Stephanie Leder and Seema Arora-Jonsson, SLU, 2020.

Evaluation of SLU-Vietnam collaborations 1977-2018

SLU Global 2020.

Towards 2030 – sustainability as the business case for agriculture and forestry  
By the Swedish FAO-Committee. 2019
Read a news article about the publication here.

Multifunctional Land Uses in Africa
Edited by Simelton and Ostwald. The book is a result  from AgriFoSe. 2019
Read a news article about the book.

Acheiving the Global Goals through agroforestry
By Agroforestry Network. 2018

Sustainable Food and Agriculture: An Integrated  Approach 
By the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United  Nations. 2018
Read a news article about the book. 

• Agroforestry and youth – possibilities and barriers Agroforestry Network 2022
• Water for Food Systems and Nutrition (UN Food System Summit brief)
  
  
• Nutrition and the Perfect Storm of Water (SIWI policy brief)
  
  
• Healthy harvests in a changing climate (SLU Global policy brief)
  
  
• Factors enabling sustainable goat production in Zambia (SIANI policy brief)
  
  
• Inland fisheries in a development context (SLU Global policy brief)

• Agroforestry, food security and nutrition (Agroforestry Network policy brief)

• Agroforestry and water for resilient landscapes (Agroforestry Network policy brief)

• Taking into account regional agricultural conditions in policy reforms – the case of Tanzania (AgriFoSe2030 policy brief)
  
  
• Agroforestry value chains and market systems (Agroforestry Network policy brief)
  
  
• Botanicals and plant resistance inducers: Potential alternatives to pesticides in Africa (AgriFoSe2030 policy brief)
  
  
• Agroforestry, biodiversity and ecosystem services – Creating a resilient and sustainable future by farming with trees (Agroforestry Network policy brief)
  
  
• Reaching sustainable intensification in Kenya by involving female smallholders (AgriFoSe2030 policy brief)
  
  
• Marine and coastal fisheries in a development context (SLU Global policy brief)
  
  
• Sustainable intensification and food security (AgriFoSe2030 policy brief)
  
  
• How can an agricultural investment that never happened affect people living in poverty? (EBA development dissertation brief)
  
  
• Agroforestry for adaptation and mitigation to climate change (Agroforestry Network policy brief)
  
  
• Becoming an agroecologist – fostering social learning and responsible action for sustainable food systems (SIANI policy brief)
  
  
• Commercial Shrimp-farming in South-west Bangladesh: Challenges and opportunities for policy interventions (AgriFoSe2030 policy brief)
  
  
• Migration and Agroforestry (Agroforestry Network policy brief)
  
  
• Building resilience and disaster risk reduction among pastoralist communities (SIANI policy brief)
  
  
• Improving crop productivity and mitigating climate change by building up carbon stocks in soils of East Africa (AgriFoSe2030 policy brief)
  
  
• Slaughter hygiene and meat safety in Uganda (AgriFoSe2030 policy brief)
• Antimicrobial Use in Livestock in Low-Income Countries (SIANI policy brief)

Here is a selection of videos connected to Food security. For more filmed material, please visit SLU Global's YouTube channel.

Smallholder plant health in a changing climate - harnessing nature-based solutions. SLU Global, March, 2021.
This film is about plant health in low- and middle income countries and based on the report Harnessing nature-based solutions for smallholder plant health in a changing climate.

SLU Youth institute on SciFest 2021. (in Swedish) SLU Global, February 2021.

Seminar: Covid-19's effect on Global Food Systems and how to respond. SLU Future Food and SLU Global, December 2020.

AgriFoSe2030 project in Phase II: Goat management and markets in Laos. AgriFoSe2030, December 2020.
In this video, we are introduced to Dr. Daovy Kongmanilla’s project based in Laos, regarding goat management. Dr. Kongmanilla is a senior researcher at the National University of Laos.