agriculture Archives

Drone view of intricate motorway junction with windmills against a backdrop of green fields.

The EU Green Deal in turbulent times: insights from the EU Green Policy Tracker from Sweden and Estonia

SEI brief / Learn about new findings from SEI's new policy tracking tool and what they mean for progress on the EU Green Deal.

8 April 2025 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Ecosystems and Mitigation

View of a temple in Lao PDR against a background of increasingly tall lush mountains beneath a blue sky with white clouds

An energy sector roadmap to net zero emissions for Lao PDR

Other publication / SEI experts and tools inform this ASEAN Centre for Energy roadmap plotting the route to net zero emissions in Lao PDR.

28 March 2025 / About Business, Climate policy, Energy access, Public policy and Renewables

Moldova advances study of treated wastewater reuse in agriculture with SEI support

Feature / A workshop held by SEI and Moldova's Ministry of Environment discussed an assessment of and future opportunities for treated wastewater reuse in Moldova.

25 March 2025 / About Food and agriculture and Water resources

Positioning bioeconomy to spur Kenya Vision 2030 goals

Media coverage / People Daily featured an SEI Africa workshop on Kenya’s bioeconomy, highlighting MSME opportunities and policy insights.

13 February 2025 / About Bioeconomy, Food and agriculture and Renewables

Brown, white and spotted black-and-white cows, each marked with numbers, are confined to metal pens at a cattle ranch in Colombia.

Replacing one polluting sector with another? The perils of shifting from coal to livestock in Cesar, Colombia

Perspective / As Colombia seeks a shift away from fossil fuel extraction, SEI experts warn against replacing one polluting sector with another.

12 February 2025 / About Business, Food and agriculture, Fossil fuels and Public policy

The economics of soil organic carbon: multi-benefits from sustainable land management for smallholders in Western Kenya

Other publication / Multi-benefits from sustainable land management for smallholders in Western Kenya.

10 February 2025 / About Food and agriculture and Land use

A large bright orange fire burns in the foreground in an open field. In the background, through a heat haze, a man wearing a red shirt walks through the field.

The prospects of controlling open burning of crop residues in Thailand: a quantitative assessment of implementation barriers and costs

Journal article / Institutional and social barriers delay implementation of burning controls: carefully designed policies are important, but decision-makers need empowering.

4 February 2025 / About Pollution

young asian woman using digital tablet in a greenhouse with plants all around

Towards European food systems transition monitoring framework and indicators

Other publication / This report explores the development of a framework and indicators for monitoring sustainability transitions in European food systems.

24 January 2025 / About Food and agriculture and Sustainable Development Goals

Enabling ecosystem-based adaptation for climate-resilient coffee farming in Flores, Indonesia: lessons from monitoring and evaluation

SEI brief / In this policy brief, the author discusses the challenges and benefits of implementing ecosystem-based adaptation, focusing on coffee farming in Indonesia.

21 January 2025 / About Adaptation and Food and agriculture