Submit papers/abstracts to the SLU panels at the Development Research Conference 2018

SLU researchers contribute with four different panels on the conference

Animal health in development

Conveners
Johanna Lindahl, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya, Uppsala University, Sweden and SLU, Uppsala, Sweden, J.Lindahl@cgiar.org
Jonas Johansson Wensman, SLU, Uppsala, Sweden, jonas.wensman@slu.se

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Restore more - it’s all about multifunctional landscapes

Conveners
Ewa Wredle, Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management, SLU, Ewa.Wredle@slu.se
Gert Nyberg, Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management, SLU, Gert.Nyberg@slu.se
Per Knutsson, School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, per.knutsson@globalstudies.gu.se

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The opportunities and challenges in urban and peri-urban agriculture and the role for sciencebased policies and practice

Conveners: Johanna Bergman Lodin,  SLU, johanna.bergman.lodin@slu.se
Ulf Magnusson, SLU, ulf.magnusson@slu.se

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Water management for food production in an era of changing development agendas

Conveners
Jennie Barron, Dept. Soil and Environment,  SLU, Uppsala, Jennie.Barron@slu.se
Abraham Joel, Dept. Soil and Environment, SLU, Uppsala, Abraham.Joel@slu.se

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Information from the conference website about submission of papers/abstracts

We hereby welcome paper proposals/abstracts on the various theoretical and substantive challenges of rethinking development covered by the conference panels. All paper proposals are to be submitted through our online submission system no later than 23 February. Paper proposals should be no longer than 350 words and written in English. Abstracts will be reviewed and selected by the panel conveners on the basis of the following criteria: relevance/problem, purpose/research questions, theory/approach, methods/material, results/conclusion. Notification of acceptance will be sent out by 2 April 2018.

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