On 20-21 September 2017, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and the Swedish International Agriculture Network Initiative (SIANI) hosted the Agriculture for Development Conference – Agri4D 2017. Now you can watch videos of the keynote presentations and interviews with some of the participants and speakers.
The central theme of the conference was Rural Transformation and Urbanizationas keys to reaching the goals of Agenda 2030. The conference was attended by more than 200 participants from 32 different countries. Participants were students, researchers, teachers and practitioners who joined the seven different thematic and poster sessions as well as the two plenary sessions with keynote speeches. The event was well appreciated by students and young professionals who found inspiration and ideas for research, as well as network and contacts for future work.
During the Agri4D SLU Global took the chance to interview some of the participants and speakers to get their view on agriculture for development.
Click on the thumbnails below and you will be directed to SLU Global´s own YouTubechannel wher you can watch the interviews.
Thomas Jayne, Michigan State University (MSU)
Dave Little, University of Stirling, UK
Ingrid Öborn , World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and SLU
Bimbika Sijapati Basnett , Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Nighisty Ghezae, International Foundation for Science (IFS)
Antony Chapoto, Indaba agricultural policy research institute (IAPRI), Zambia
Luc Mougeot, International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Pay Drechsel, International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Here you can read blogs produced by SLU students during the conference:
Leapfrogging into the green future, is it going to be tech for tat?
By Yasmin Stoderegger. Yasmin comes from the South of Austria. She enrolled in the Environmental Science (EnvEuro) Masters Programme in Copenhagen last year and that has now brought her to Uppsala to study at SLU.
Aquaculture: Pandering to the elite or a tool for rural development and food security?
By Nolwandle Made. Originally from South Africa, Nolwandle is doing Masters in Rural Development and Natural Resource Management at SLU.
The conference programme and the bios of the keynote speakers and moderators
Book of abstracts
Margarita Cuadra, Communicator SIANI-SLU Global theme
Phone: +46 (0)18-671153
E-mail: margarita.cuadra@slu.se
www.slu.se/slu-global
SLU Global supports SLU's work for global development to contribute to Agenda 2030.
SLU Global
Vice-Chancellor's Office
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PO Box 7005, SE-750 07 Uppsala
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