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• Apply for SIANI expert groups! Deadline August 16
  Agriculture, Food security, Sustainable development
  Have you got an idea about how to make our food systems more sustainable and strengthen our food security? Do you have in mind people who would make a good ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/apply-for-siani-expert-groups-deadline-august-16
  
• Beyond the borders – burdens of Swedish food consumption due to agrochemicals, greenhouse gases and land-use change
  Agriculture, Deforestation, Environmental impact, Focaliresearcher, Trade
  A significant share of Sweden's environmental impact occur overseas. Sweden's large dependency on food imports cause not only tropical deforestation but also a ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/beyond-the-borders-2013-burdens-of-swedish-food-consumption-due-to-agrochemicals-greenhouse-gases-and-land-use-change
  
• WCA Poster presentation: Human security or resilience? The role of trees for climate change adaptation in the Burkina Faso parklands
  #forestfood, Agriculture, Agroforestry, Climate Change, Conference, Focaliresearcher, Land-use, Landscapes, Policy, Poverty
  The Focali researchers Jenny Friman and Per Knutsson will present a poster at the World Congress of Agroforestry in India 10-14th of February. The poster is ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/WCA-Burkina-Faso-poster.pdf.
  
• Scenarios for parklands in Burkina Faso - a report from a workshop for identifying research needs
  Agriculture, Agroforestry, Focali, Food security, Land-use, Landscapes, Poverty
  Focali Report 2012:01 by Gert Nyberg, Lisa Westholm and Maria Ölund
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/scenarios-for-parklands-in-burkina-faso-a-report-from-a-workshop-for-identifying-research-needs
  
• Reap what you sow: Turning agriculture into an opportunity for the youth in the Sahel
  Agriculture, Climate Change, Youth
  Rapid urbanization, swelling population and climate change will increase pressure on the agricultural sector, demanding innovation and work force to safeguard ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/reap-what-you-sow-turning-agriculture-into-an-opportunity-for-the-youth-in-the-sahel
  
• Effects of Governance on Availability of Land for Agriculture and Conservation in Brazil
  Agriculture, Conservation, Deforestation, Focaliresearcher, Land-use, Landscapes, Policy
  Focali member Göran Berndes and his colleagues Gerd Sparovek, Alberto Giaroli de Oliveira Pereira Barretto and Marcelo Matsumoto published in ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/effects-of-governance-on-availability-of-land-for-agriculture-and-conservation-in-brazil
  
• Forests and trees - essential for food security on a landscape level
  #forestfood, Agriculture, Agroforestry, Focali, Food security, Landscapes, Policy
  Today, on the International Day of Forests, Focali and SIANI publish the brief “Forests and trees – essential for food security on a landscape level”. The ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/forests-and-trees-essential-for-food-security-on-a-landscape-level
  
• Methods for the quantification of emissions at the landscape level for developing countries in smallholder contexts
  Agriculture, Focaliresearcher, Landscapes, Methodologies
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/methods-for-the-quantification-of-emissions-at-the-landscape-level-for-developing-countries-in-smallholder-contexts
  
• Brazilian Agriculture and Environmental Legislation: Status and Future Challenges
  Agriculture, Focaliresearcher, Land-use
  Focali researcher Göran Berndes is co-author to this article published in Environmental Science & Technology, 2010, 44 (16), pp 6046–6053
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/brazilian-agriculture-and-environmental-legislation-status-and-future-challenges
  
• How much land is needed for global food production under scenarios of dietary changes and livestock productivity increases in 2030?
  Agriculture, Biodiversity, Focaliresearcher, Land-use
  Focali researcher Göran Berndes has, together with the main author Stefan Wirsenius and Christian Azar, written this article which has been published in ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/how-much-land-is-needed-for-global-food-production-under-scenarios-of-dietary-changes-and-livestock-productivity-increases-in-2030
  
• Barriers to plantation activities in different agro-ecological zones of Southern India
  Agriculture, CDM, Carbon sequestration, Focaliresearcher
  The Focali researchers Matilda Palm and Madelene Ostwald have written an article for Regional Environmental Change. The article provides an analysis of ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/barriers-to-plantation-activities-in-different-agro-ecological-zones-of-southern-india
  
• Avoided Deforestation and Agriculture: Insights from Cambodia into a Complex Relationship
  Agriculture, Focali, Land-use, Policy, REDD and Poverty
  Focali Brief 2011:07 by Robin Biddulph
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/avoided-deforestation-and-agriculture-cambodia
  
• New brief from AgriFoSe2030 on gender issues in research on agriculture for food security
  Agriculture, Focaliresearcher, Food security, Gender, Landscapes, Policy
  Agriculture in low- and middle-income countries face considerable challenges with rapidly evolving complexity. Although opportunities for agricultural research ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/new-policy-brief-from-agrifose2030-on-gender-issues-in-research-on-agriculture-and-food-security
  
• Rents, actors and the expansion of commodity frontiers in the Gran Chaco
  Agriculture, Deforestation, Deforestation drivers, Focaliresearcher, Land-use
  Focali researcher Javier Godar together with nine other researchers has recently published an article on the dynamics of agricultural frontier expansion and ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/rents-actors-and-the-expansion-of-commodity-frontiers-in-the-gran-chaco
  
• Call for Abstract - Agri4D
  Agriculture, Conference, Food security, Knowledge exchange, Rural development
  Abstract submission for Agri4D conference is open! Application deadline May 15.
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/call-for-abstract-agri4d
  
• Agricultural development as a driver for change
  Agriculture, Agroforestry, Biodiversity, Poverty
  The Church of Sweden's position paper on agricultural development for poverty reduction and sustainable development for 2014-2017 is now available in English.
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/agricultural-development-as-a-driver-for-change
  
• Register for the Global Landscape Forum
  Agriculture, Conference, Forests, Landscapes, Policy
  Focali and SIANI will have a joint booth at the event held the 16-17 November in Warsaw Poland. See a short video about the event here.
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/register-for-the-global-landscape-forum-16-17-of-november
  
• Focali and SIANI at the World Congress on Agroforestry: Focus on trees and food security
  #forestfood, Agriculture, Agroforestry, Biodiversity, Carbon sequestration, Climate Change, Conference, Food security, Landscapes
  With two new issue briefs, presentations, blogging and social-media coverage, SIANI and its partner Focali will have a strong presence at the 10-14 February ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/focali-and-siani-at-the-world-congress-on-agroforestry-focus-on-trees-and-food-security
  
• Student thesis: Performance of Jatropha biodiesel production and its environmental and socio-economic impacts
  Agriculture, Bioenergy, Student thesis
  Lisa Axelsson and Maria Franzén studied the master's programme Industrial Ecology. Their master's thesis addressed cultivation of Jatropha, an oil-crop used ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/student-thesis-performance-of-jatropha-biodiesel-production-and-its-environmental-and-socio-economic-impacts
  
• Focali-researcher receives Chalmers Foundation Award for outstanding research on food
  Agriculture, Climate Change, Food, Land-use
  Focali-member Christel Cederberg is one of six researchers who has been awarded the Chalmers Foundation prize for research on societally important issues. The ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/focali-researcher-receives-chalmers-foundation-award-for-outstanding-research-on-food
  
• Is it ok to use wastewater in forestry?
  Agriculture, Blog, Forestry, Irrigation, Sustainable development, wastewater
  Using wastewater in forestry combines water re-use and nutrient recycling. This approach can theoretically address water scarcity, help to maintain tree cover ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/blog/archive/is-it-ok-to-use-wastewater-in-forestry
  
• Trees in Home Gardens: Making the Most of an Age-Old Practice to Improve Food Security and Nutrition
  #forestfood, Agriculture, Carbon sequestration, Focali, Food security, Forests, Landscapes, Poverty
  This brief explores the value of an agroforestry approach to home gardens, incorporating multiple layers of trees, shrubs and crops, in the context of ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/trees-in-home-gardens-making-the-most-of-an-age-old-practice-to-improve-food-security-and-nutrition
  
• Agricultural and forestry trade drives large share of tropical deforestation emissions
  Agriculture, Climate Change, Deforestation, Environmental impact, Focaliresearcher, International Trade, Land-use
  Research from Focalimembers Florence Pendrill, Martin Persson, Javier Godar and others reveal that up to 39 % of emissions from deforestation are driven by ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/agricultural-and-forestry-trade-drives-large-share-of-tropical-deforestation-emissions
  
• Proceedings from the Conference “Agricultural Research for Development: Scales and Diversity”
  Agriculture, Conference, Focali, Land-use
  The conference was organized by Agri4D, SIANI, Focali, Future Agriculture, Future Forests and the Forest initiative and was held at SLU in Uppsala 28-29th of ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/proceedings-from-the-conference-201cagricultural-research-for-development-scales-and-diversity201d
  
• Forest cover change in Sri Lanka: The role of small scale farmers
  Agriculture, Deforestation, Focaliresearcher, Policy
  Eskil Mattsson has together with the geography student Sara Lindström written an article about forest cover change in relation to small scale farmers in Sri ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/forest-cover-change-in-sri-lanka-the-role-of-small-scale-farmers
  
• A French version of the scenario workshop report about the parklands in Burkina Faso is now available
  Agriculture, Agroforestry, Focali, Land-use, Landscapes
  Focali report: 2012:02 by Gert Nyberg, Lisa Westholm and Maria Ölund
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/a-french-version-of-the-scenario-workshop-report-about-the-parklands-in-burkina-faso-is-now-available
  
• Version français du rapport d’un atelier sur les parcs agroforestiers au Burkina Faso.
  Agriculture, Focali, Land-use
  Focali report 2012 par Gert Nyberg, Lisa Westholm et Maria Ölund
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/version-francais-parcs-agroforestiers-au-burkina-faso
  
• Promotion of beneficial agriculture investments and discouragement of land grabbing
  Agriculture, Focali, Land-use, Policy, Tenure
  Focali Brief 2012:03 by Jesper Karlsson
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/promotion-of-beneficial-agriculture-investments-and-discouragement-of-land-grabbing