agriculture

SEI Initiative on Governing Bioeconomy Pathways

Initiative / This initiative aims to guide decision-makers towards more cohesive and constructive governance of bioeconomy pathways, with a focus on the Global South.

Variation in perception of environmental change in nine Solomon Islands communities: implications for securing fairness in community-based adaptation

Journal article / This article uses empirical research to highlight the need for mixed approaches to analyse perceptions of environmental change in different communities

Why farmers in the Brazilian Amazon persist in low-income activities that result in environmental damage

Press release / Why farmers in the Brazilian Amazon persist in low-income activities that result in environmental damage

Second conference of the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence – calls for submissions now open

Feature / The conference will take place in Paris, from 16 to 20 April 2018. Calls are now open for submissions for sessions, training events, talks and posters.

Integrating water supply constraints into irrigated agricultural simulations of California

Journal article / This paper evaluates a coupled water planning and crop model for irrigated agriculture that researchers deployed in Yolo County, California.

SEI at Almedalsveckan 2017

Past event / SEI was convening and participating in 19 seminars and debates at the Almedalsveckan 2017, Sweden's largest political event.

New project explores how to secure the UK’s food future

Feature / How do we keep food on the plates of UK households in the coming decades? This is a central question for IKnowFood, a major new collaborative research project.

Soil organic matter responses to anthropogenic forest disturbance and land use change in the eastern Brazilian Amazon

Journal article / Changing land-use and its influence on soil C and N stocks, soil organic matter physical fractions, and the origin of SOM in the Amazon

How can Estonia’s transport and housing sectors contribute to cleaner air and a safer climate?

Feature / SEI researchers in Tallinn, York and the U.S. are exploring measures to reduce short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) in Estonia using a new calculator.