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#AI is entering #agriculture with big promises, but can it improve outcomes for smallholder #farmers? The future of digital agriculture depends on governance, data rights, local ownership, and inclusive design. AI must work with farmers, not for farmers.
AI in agriculture: Who really benefits? - SIANI
For African agriculture, the key is how to engage with digital technologies without reinforcing dependency or undermining local farming systems.
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As #ElNiño raises the risk of droughts, floods, and crop losses, resilient #agrifood systems have never been more important. Investing in healthy soils, biofertilizers, water management, and local innovation today will strengthen #FoodSecurity tomorrow. buff.ly/8s5CNx1
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Join @wfp.org, @sei.org and SIANI for a conversation with Richard Choularton and Swedish experts on anticipatory action, climate-informed social protection, and protecting lives and livelihoods before crises escalate. Register here:
Science, Policy, Action: Working Together to Reduce Super El Niño Risks - SIANI
We are pleased to invite you to a public seminar featuring Richard Choularton, the World Food Programme (WFP) director for climate and resilience. During the summer of 2026, the world is facing a…
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The GRASSCEILING project supported exchange, raised awareness & linked local experiences to broader stakeholder & policy discussions. However, participants stressed that transforming structural inequalities requires institutional & political engagement. #IYWF2026 #IYWF #WomenInAg buff.ly/hkHlFq1
Tune in to Food Systems ⎮ Matthew Mims, CEO of Hiveonline, explains how #DigitalFinance, trusted data, and local partnerships are helping 80,000+ smallholder #farmers access markets, finance & climate-resilient opportunities across #Africa. buff.ly/9BoJJ7c
#Mexico’s artisanal shrimp fishing communities show how traditional knowledge, #innovation and collaborative governance can support resilient coastal livelihoods.
Reimagining artisanal shrimp fishing in Mexico - SIANI
Small-scale fisheries in Mexico can become engines of sustainable development by bridging traditions and circular bioeconomy practices.
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BLOG POST ⎮ The fertilizer crisis is exposing a deeper vulnerability: our dependence on fossil fuel-based #FoodSystems. Building resilient agrifood systems means investing in biofertilizers, healthy soils, circular solutions & support smallholder farmers. buff.ly/8s5CNx1
At #AgroecologyDay, discussions moved from Swedish #agroforestry and resilience in Ukraine to Alnarp’s diverse #agroecology farm, where trees, perennial crops, and intercropping revealed what #FoodSystems transformation can look like in practice.
Agroecology day 2026 at Alnarp: from rain‑soaked fields to rooted futures - SIANI
Join Iveren Nor on Agroecology Day to explore how agroforestry and perennial agriculture can bridge the gap between agroecological research and real-world practice.
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The GRASS CEILING project has helped raise awareness and strengthen dialogue across sectors, while also contributing to broader conversations about integrating #GenderEquality into agricultural and rural policy at the European level. ➡️ buff.ly/hkHlFq1 #IYWF2026 #IYWF #WomenInAg
#CallForApplications ⎮ Nordic Forest Research and the Forest Bioeconomy Network are inviting applications for forest research networks to strengthen collaboration across the Nordic region.
Open call: Nordic research networks for 2027 activities - SIANI
Nordic Forest Research (SNS) and the Forest Bioeconomy Network (ForBioeconomy) are jointly announcing a call for research networks to support activities in 2027. This initiative aims to foster…
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Across East Africa, youth are already transforming #FoodSystems through #agriculture, food science & innovation, but access to higher education remains a barrier. SIANI and Help to Help explore why investing in education means investing in more sustainable food futures. #IYWF2026 #WomenInAg
How young women are transforming food systems in East Africa - SIANI
Across East Africa, young women are emerging as powerful drivers of change in agriculture, food production, and technology. However, access to higher education remains a major barrier.
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#CallForPapers ⎮ Submit your research on #agroforestry as a nature-based solution for ecosystem services, traditional knowledge & resilient livelihoods. buff.ly/k35sqmM Deadline: 31 August
Call for papers: Agroforestry as a nature-based solution for community resilience and sustainable development - SIANI
Agroforestry—the integrated management of trees, crops, livestock, and even fish on the same land unit—is a highly effective nature-based solution that delivers multiple benefits to people and the…
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In #Kyrgyzstan, the SIANI expert group Reviving the Roots collaborated with traditional singing poets (akyns) to transform soil science into stories, music, and collective reflection on #SoilHealth and sustainable #farming.
Connecting with soil through musical poetry - SIANI
SIANI expert group Reviving the Roots aims to raise awareness of soil health and soil care through traditional musical poetry.
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Join @WFP.org, @sei.org & SIANI for a public seminar featuring Richard Choularton with Katy Harris. Together, we will explore how governments, academia, and organisations can work together to reduce the impacts of extreme weather events through anticipatory action.
Science, Policy, Action: Working Together to Reduce Super El Niño Risks - SIANI
We are pleased to invite you to a public seminar featuring Richard Choularton, the World Food Programme (WFP) director for climate and resilience. During the summer of 2026, the world is facing a…
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Read how Marine Elbakidze reflects on how local initiatives in Ukraine are transforming damaged spaces into gardens, learning spaces, and acts of hope. #Agroecology
What Ukraine teaches us about agroecology in times of crisis - SIANI
Marine Elbakidze shares insights on agroecology in Ukraine, community resilience, and landscape recovery in this Tune in to Food Systems Q&A.
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A key takeaway from the SIANI & We Effect dialogue: #farmers must be recognised as #entrepreneurs and change-makers, supported through market access, profitability, finance, and long-term investment.
Agricultural investment: a foundation for security, stability and growth - SIANI
Bringing together diverse perspectives, the seminar explored the risks of underinvesting in food systems, opportunities for innovation and collaboration, and the relevance of these issues to Swedish…
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Tropical fruits are essential for nutrition & #FoodSecurity, but many growers lack access to safe & effective crop protection tools. This gap can drive off-label pesticide use & increase risks for health. Integrated Pest Management offers a more sustainable path forward
Safer and more sustainable tropical fruit agriculture through integrated pest management! - SIANI
Tropical fruits and are especially affected by lack of access to protection tools. Integrated Pest Management could offer a sustainable way forward.
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Sustainable #FoodSystems won’t scale through isolated innovation. They scale when every link in the value chain works together from #farmers and #SMEs to processors, markets, finance, and policy.
Every link of the food value chain matters - SIANI
Value chain integration is not important merely for coordination; it is fundamental to making sustainable food systems scalable.
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NEWS STORY ⎮ Share your experience through the CFS Uptake Stocktaking Exercise and help build a global Digital Repository showcasing actions that advance #FoodSecurity, nutrition, and the #RightToFood. www.siani.se/news-story/c...
Read the publication from the SIANI Expert Group, Too Big To Ignore, explores how small-scale fisheries contribute to #FoodSecurity and why #fishing communities deserve greater visibility. #Fisheries
A Sea of Challenges and Opportunities in Mexican Artisanal Fishing - SIANI
SIANI Expert Group's new book raises the voices of small-scale fishing communities and explores more sustainable fishing in Mexico.
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In a new report released today, UNICEF Afghanistan warns that 3.7 million children under five in #Afghanistan are at heightened risk of malnutrition. Urgent action is needed to protect young children’s diets and reach families before the crisis deepens. www.unicef.org/afghanistan/...
UNICEF calls for urgent action as peak wasting season nears and child food and nutrition insecurity puts 3.7 million children in Afghanistan at heightened risk of malnutrition
New analysis highlights the need to protect young children’s diets, prioritise children under two, and strengthen multisectoral services to prevent malnutrition.
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Sustainable wildlife management starts with understanding how local communities use and manage natural resources. This new @fao.org guide explores community hunting systems in the tropics to support biodiversity, livelihoods and food security 👉 https://doi.org/10.4060/cd9774en #SWMProgramme
By combining adaptive grazing, native #biodiversity, edible forests, tourism, & local partnerships, Biosuroeste🇨🇴 is creating pathways for #livelihoods, learning & resilient landscapes. Learn how it works at the intersection of ecology, livelihoods & learning:
Driving regenerative development: a beacon of hope inside the Tropical Andes - SIANI
Through the ASAPP project, Biosuroeste in Colombia demonstrates how agroecology can scale through reshaping the values, relationships and imaginaries that guide how people relate to nature, to each…
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PUBLICATION ⎮ In 2025, SIANI connected 1300 stakeholders, supported 10 Expert Groups & brought together 455 participants from 70 countries at #Agri4D2025. Together, we advance sustainable, inclusive #FoodSystems through collaboration & knowledge sharing. buff.ly/8n62QcH
#BurkinaFaso’s experience with productive sanitation shows that sustainable solutions succeed when they connect to #farmers’ priorities: healthier soils, lower costs and reliable harvests. #CircularEconomy
Sanitation, soil and food security: insights from 20 years of productive sanitation in Burkina Faso - SIANI
Safe resource reuse could reduce reliance on commercial fertilizers, boost agricultural productivity and improve health and sanitation.
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🆕 #OpenAccess paper: Genetic technologies to enhance crop nutritional value under climate change. 📑: doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10593-6 @cgiar.org
🌍 In Cairo for the "Convergence Initiative Dialogue: Strengthening resilience in Africa by aligning food systems & climate action," the first regional dialogue under our Convergence Initiative. 🤝 Bringing together food systems, climate & peacebuilding to strengthen country-led action across Africa.
#OnlineCourse ⎮ Join Global Food Garden's next round of #Agropreneurship Basics, starting in August 2026. This #course will equip you w/ practical, water-saving cultivation methods & organic gardening principles.
GFG Agropreneurship Basics 2026-3 - SIANI
Grow Your Skills. Grow Your Impact. — with Global Food Garden Join Global Food Garden’s next round of Agropreneurship Basics, starting in August 2026 (tentative), meeting online every two weeks on…
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Extreme weather events like El Niño are predictable, but are we acting early enough? Join @WFP.org, @sei.org & SIANI for a conversation on anticipatory action, climate-informed social protection & protecting lives & livelihoods before crises escalate. More:
Science, Policy, Action: Working Together to Reduce Super El Niño Risks - SIANI
We are pleased to invite you to a public seminar featuring Richard Choularton, the World Food Programme (WFP) director for climate and resilience. During the summer of 2026, the world is facing a…
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At the SIANI & @weeffect event, speakers stressed that investing in sustainable agriculture is not aid alone; it's an #investment in security, growth & global stability. The question is no longer whether we can afford to invest, but whether we can afford not to
Agricultural investment: a foundation for security, stability and growth - SIANI
Bringing together diverse perspectives, the seminar explored the risks of underinvesting in food systems, opportunities for innovation and collaboration, and the relevance of these issues to Swedish…
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