From agricultural production to bioeconomy value creation in Africa

Alphayo Lutta

Roots of resilience: revealing social networks for enhancing social resilience in Indigenous Indonesian and Philippine ricescapes

Journal article / This study analyses how affective relationships support social networks among Indigenous farmers within the ricescapes of Indonesia and the Philippines.

14 May 2025 / About Disaster risk and Food and agriculture

Affective relationships as non-material capital assets in building resilience within the rice-terraced cultural landscapes of the Philippine Cordillera

Journal article / This paper analyses how an essential intangible asset can foster resilience among Indigenous rice farmers in Mayoyao and Hungduan in the northern Philippines.

14 May 2025 / About Disaster risk, Food and agriculture and Mitigation

Aerial view of lorry cargo truck driving on dirt road between agricultural wheat fields, green to the right and brown to the left, with the slight curve of a city on the horizon.

Exposure to compound climate hazards transmitted via global agricultural trade networks

Journal article / Exposure to compound climate hazards in one country is transmitted internationally via agricultural trade networks.

14 May 2025 / About Disaster risk

JET-AFOLU Tool (Just and Equitable Transitions Assessment Tool for the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Uses Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean)

Project / This tool will help countries in Latin America and the Caribbean ensure that their transitions towards sustainable agriculture, forestry, and land use.

2025 / About Climate policy, Food and agriculture, Mitigation and Public policy

Call for abstracts: Earth Observation Data for Wetland Dynamics and Ecosystem Monitoring at EGU 2025

Past event / SEI researchers are seeking abstracts from practitioners and scholars for their session at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2025 in Vienna.

27 April 2025 / About Food and agriculture, Planning and modelling, Water resources and Water-energy-food nexus

A large orange grab excavator manoeuvres through a forest clearing. Its claw is outstretched towards the camera, reaching to pick up a large tree trunk in the front of the shot.

The global deforestation footprint of agriculture and forestry

Journal article / Reviewing the current strengths, challenges and future potentials of deforestation footprinting methodologies.

29 April 2025 / About Food and agriculture, Forests and Land use

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Choosing fit-for-purpose biodiversity impact indicators for agriculture in the Brazilian Cerrado ecoregion

Journal article / Biodiversity metrics are complementary: research questions and indicator choice must be paired appropriately to draw the most useful conclusions.

28 April 2025 / About Food and agriculture, Land use and Supply chains

A green acai palm in the forest, with light coming from behind through the trees.

Bioresource use and transformation for a sustainable bioeconomy in the tropics: case studies from Thailand, Kenya and Colombia

SEI working paper / The authors distil useful insights regarding sustainable use of bioresources and their transformation into bio-based products in this working paper.

24 April 2025 / About Bioeconomy

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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