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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
  
• Global Food Security Conference 2020 - Catch up with the latest thinking
  Food security, Knowledge exchange, Multidisciplinarity, Research, Sustainable development
  Focali intern Jess Haynie-Lavelle was invited by SIANI to attend and report back from the Global Food Security Conference 2020. By reflecting on ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/blog/archive/global-food-security-conference-2020-catch-up-with-the-latest-thinking
  
• New brief: Addressing food security & climate change with agroforestry, what are the policy options?
  Agroforestry, Ecosystem services, Focali, Food security, Landscapes
  A new publication by Eskil Mattsson within our thematic collaboration with SIANI.
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/new-brief-addressing-food-security-climate-change-with-agroforestry-what-are-the-policy-options
  
• 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
  
• 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
  
• 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
  
• Forest and food, a matter of social justice?
  Agroforestry, Blog, Food security, Forests, Gender, Social justice
  When it comes to food security, forests can be a life-saver. Forests provide fruits, leaves, nuts and mushrooms. These foods are crucial for nutrition in rural ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/blog/archive/forest-and-food-a-matter-of-social-justice
  
• Watch our videos from November's Agroforestry Workshop
  Agroforestry, Climate Change, Ecosystem services, Focali seminar, Food security, Workshop
  Videos and presentations from our workshop on agroforestry have been published.
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/watch-our-videos-from-novembers-agroforestry-workshop
  
• New brief: How to reduce vulnerability in rural Burkina Faso: keeping the trees and planting more or diversifying the livelihoods?
  Agroforestry, Climate Change, Ecosystem services, Focali, Food security, Forests, Policy
  New publication by Jenny Friman within our thematic collaboration with SIANI. This brief explores how two different framings can produce different conclusions ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/how-to-reduce-vulnerability-in-rural-burkina-faso-keeping-the-trees-and-planting-more-or-diversifying-the-livelihoods
  
• 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
  
• Blog: Trees, forests and nutrition - Understanding the links
  Agroforestry, Blog, Conference, Focaliresearcher, Food security, Landscapes
  Blog from the ongoing World Congress of Agroforestry in Delhi, written by Focali researcher Matilda Palm
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/blog/archive/blog-trees-forests-and-nutrition-understanding-the-links
  
• 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
  
• Course: How to enhance capacity to transform science into policy and practice in the field of food security
  Food security, Landscapes, Policy
  AgriFoSe2030 together with GMV will give a one week training course for African young researchers on effective research-to-policy communication for ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/course-how-to-enhance-capacity-to-transform-science-into-policy-and-practice-in-the-field-of-food-security
  
• Do homegardens hold the keys to food security and sustainable land management?
  Agroforestry, Biodiversity, Food security
  Growing trees and crops on the same land for many purposes, an agricultural technique called agroforestry, has gained a lot of traction. The method promises to ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/do-homegardens-hold-the-keys-to-food-security-and-sustainable-land-management
  
• 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
  
• Sharing the Land: Restoring Degraded Ecosystems and Improving Livelihoods Through Agroforestry
  #forestfood, Agroforestry, Focali, Food security, Land-use, Landscapes
  This brief examines how agroforestry approaches – growing trees with crops, and sometimes with animals – can advance land restoration and conservation while ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/sharing-the-land-restoring-degraded-ecosystems-and-improving-livelihoods-through-agroforestry
  
• New Focali brief about biofuel production and indirect effects of land-use change
  Biodiversity, Bioenergy, Focali, Food security, Land-use, Policy
  This Focali brief is based on a written response, made by the brief authors, to the Swedish Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications. This due to a ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/biofuel-production-and-indirect-effects-of-land-use-change
  
• Food production and gender relations in multifunctional landscapes: a literature review
  Focaliresearcher, Food security, Gender, Multifunctional land use, Value chains, Women
  Do multifunctional landscapes hold specific opportunities for women in enhancing food production and food security? Lisa Westholm (SLU) and Madelene Ostwald ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/food-production-and-gender-relations-in-multifunctional-landscapes-a-literature-review
  
• Do multifunctional landscapes really benefit women?
  Food security, Gender, Multifunctional land use, Value chains, Women
  Diversified land use is often promoted as solution to the pressures of increasing global demand for land and food. Moreover, proponents of multifunctional land ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/do-multifunctional-landscapes-really-benefit-women
  
• A golden opportunity: Halt deforestation with agroforestry
  Agroforestry, Climate Change, Food security, Policy
  Focali partner Agroforestry Network urges the Swedish government to clearly position agroforestry in the upcoming policy framework for Swedish development ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/a-golden-opportunity-halt-deforestation-with-agroforestry