Projects

MISTRA FOOD FUTURES

Program Director: Helena Hansson
Duration (status): 2020-2024 (Phase 1); ongoing
Funding Agency: Mistra
Budget: 64 million SEK + 16 million SEK co-funding from partners
Website: www.mistrafoodfutures.se

The overarching vision of the programme, Mistra Food Futures, is to create a science-based platform to enable transformation of the Swedish food system into one that is sustainable (in all three dimensions: environmental, economic and social), resilient and delivers healthy diets. By taking a holistic perspective and addressing issues related to agriculture and food production, as well as processing, consumption and retail, Mistra Food Futures aims to play a key role in initiating an evidence-based sustainability and resilience transformation of the Swedish food system. It is led by SLU together with the Stockholm Resilience Center at Stockholm University, and Research institutes of Sweden (RISE). Other partners include private industries, the public sector, farmers’ associations, agricultural organizations and other universities.

For more information: www.mistrafoodfutures.se

SUSTAINIMAL – A COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE EXPLORING THE FUTURE ROLE OF LIVESTOCK IN SUSTAINABLE AND COMPETITIVE SWEDISH FOOD PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

Duration (status): 2020-2024 (ongoing)
Funding Agency: Formas
Budget: 47.9 million SEK

SustAinimal is a research center that aims to identify and develop the future role of livestock production for increased sustainable and competitive food production in Sweden. Their mission is to be the main knowledge Hub for the contribution of livestock to Swedish food systems by 2028. SustAinimal is led by SLU together with the research institute RISE and is coordinated with the help of Vreta Kluster. Other partners include SVA, Uppsala University, Linköping University, Dalarna University, Lantmännen, LRF, the Rural Economy and Agricultural Society, Norrmejerier, KLS Ugglarps, Agroväst, Växa Sverige, Gård & Djurhälsan, Föreningen Svenskt Naturbeteskött and Svenska Vallföreningen.

ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF ADOPTION TO AGROECOLOGICAL FARMING PRACTICES IN CONVENTIONAL AND ORGANIC FARMING

Pia Nilsson (Project Leader), Ricardo Bommarco, Pierre Chopin, Helena Hansson, Brian Kuns

Duration (status): 2021-2024 (ongoing)
Funding Agency: Formas
Budget: 3.9 million SEK

The overall aim of this multidisciplinary project is to identify to which extent agroecological farming has the potential to strengthen farm economic viability in Sweden. By following farms over the last 20 years, we will map out changes in their diversified crop and integrated crop-livestock production to model the adoption and impacts of agroecological farming practices. The contribution of this project is to provide farmers and policymakers with valuable advice on how to produce high quality food, with minimal negative effects on the environment, in a way that has the potential to be ecologically, economically and socially sustainable.