Resources: Circular and biobased economy
Here we present a selection of popular science resources within the area of circular and biobased economy, produced at SLU or through our different partnerships.
Scientific articles can be found here.
Reports and more
Rainfed systems intensification and scaling of water and soil management
Four case studies of development in family farming
Editors: Jennie Barron & Anna Tengberg. SLU 2023
A guide to forest–water management
SLU reseracher Aida Bargues Tobella has co-authored the report.
FAO, USDA, IUFRO 2021
Water productivity, the yield gap, and nutrition. The case of Ethiopia
By Jan Lundqvist, Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), Louise Malmquist, SLU, Paulo Dias, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Jennie Barron, SLU, Mekonnen B. Wakeyo, Policy Studies Institute (PSI), Ethiopia
An FAO Land and Water Discussion Paper 2021
Overcoming water challenges in agriculture
Latest isssue of the State of Food and Agriculture 2020, FAO.
With contributions by SLU researcher Jennie Barron.
Read a news article about the report.
Evaluation of SLU-Vietnam collaborations 1977-2018
SLU Global 2020.
Towards 2030 – sustainability as the business case for agriculture and forestry
The Swedish FAO-Committee 2019.
Read a news article about the publication here.
Sustainable Development Goals: Their Impacts on Forests and People
A new comprehensive assessment of potential and anticipated impacts of efforts towards attaining the different Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on forests and forest-related livelihoods and development.
Seema Arora-Jonsson, Professor in Rural Development at SLU, has contributed to the chapter on SDG 5: Gender Equality and to the chapter on SDG 16: Peace, justice and
strong institutions.
Multifunctional Land Uses in Africa
Edited by Simelton and Ostwald.
The book is a result from AgriFoSe. 2019
Read a news article about the book.
Acheiving the Global Goals through agroforestry
Agroforestry Network. 2018
Policy briefs
- Water for Food Systems and Nutrition (UN Food System Summit brief)
- Nutrition and the Perfect Storm of Water (SIWI policy brief)
- Agroforestry and water for resilient landscapes (Agroforestry Network policy brief)
- Agroforestry, biodiversity and ecosystem services – Creating a resilient and sustainable future by farming with trees (Agroforestry Network policy brief
- Sustainable intensification and food security (AgriFoSe2030 policy brief)
- Agroforestry for adaptation and mitigation to climate change (Agroforestry Network policy brief)
- Becoming an agroecologist – fostering social learning and responsible action for sustainable food systems (SIANI policy brief)
- Migration and Agroforestry (Agroforestry Network policy brief)
Videos
Here is a selection of videos connected to Circular and biobased economy. For more filmed material, please visit SLU Global's YouTube channel.
Applications of sustainable management approaches in human impacted ecosystems. 2 December 2018, GCUA, BOKU and SLU.
Speaker: Andreas Melcher, BOKU
Rethinking forestry with Professor Jens Friis Lund, Univeristy of Copenhagen. SLU Global, February, 2018.