A worker unloads bread from a delivery truck at a warehouse

Modeling cascading drought effects in a national food supply network using minimum cost flow

Journal article / Using a simulated Swedish food supply network, this research explores how agricultural losses caused by drought affect food distribution and consumer demand.

13 October 2026 / About Disaster risk and Supply chains

Sunset over green hills cocered by growing vine rows, Cricova, Moldova

Healthy land, reliable water: protecting Moldova’s farming future

Feature / SEI’s support on water reuse and farm-subsidy reform highlights what is at stake: rural livelihoods, food production and the natural resources people depend on.

12 October 2026 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Innovation and Sanitation

View of the Yakima Valley, mostly green with some trees and brown patches denoting agricultural plots. The valley is under and overcast sky and the Cascade mountains can be faintly seen on the horizon.

Yakima Basin water management visual model

Project / SEI will produce a model of the Yakima River Basin to improve users' understanding of its operations and guide collaborative solutions to water challenges.

2026 - 2027 / About Adaptation, Planning and modelling and Water resources

Coffee fields on the slope of a hill on a bright but cloudy day

Coffee growing: yesterday’s practices for a more sustainable tomorrow

Feature / Coffee grower José María González Salazar is trying to preserve trees and crystal clear water through agroecology and multifunctional landscapes.

1 October 2026 / About Food and agriculture, Forests and Land use

Lone cattle roam dry, degraded areas cleared for pastures from the Amazon rainforest.

Beyond the “supply chain” framing: cattle ranching as a vanishing mediator of deforestation and dispossession in the Brazilian and Colombian Amazon

Journal article / This research explores how cattle ranching shapes the transition from forest frontiers to large-scale agriculture in the Brazilian and Colombian Amazon.

24 September 2026 / About Food and agriculture, Forests and Supply chains

Black mussels grow vertically on a rope on a mussel farm.

From footnote to main course: why mussels, oysters and clams belong in One Health food systems

Perspective / Aquatic foods are largely overlooked in global food system transformation discussions. SEI experts argue that bivalves in particular should take centre stage.

23 September 2026 / About Food and agriculture and Public policy

Kenya launches its National Bioeconomy Strategy 2026–2036

Feature / Kenya has launched its first National Bioeconomy Strategy, becoming one of a small number of African countries with a dedicated national bioeconomy strategy.

15 September 2026 / About Bioeconomy, Business, Ecosystems and Finance

Aerial view of green rice fields and rural road at sunset in Thailand

Evolving pathways of departure and return in rural Thailand

Journal article / A 40-year village study in Thailand shows how migration, return and circulation shape the country’s ongoing agrarian transition.

3 September 2026 / About Behaviour and choice

Crops and forests on the slopes of Mount Elgon, Uganda

Small-scale farmers critical to curbing deforestation linked to forest-risk commodities

Journal article / This study examines the role of different farm sizes in forest-risk commodity production and the implications for implementing the EU Deforestation Regulation.

21 August 2026 / About Food and agriculture and Forests