agriculture Archives

Top view of a terracotta bowl of cherry tomatoes being held by two pairs of hands, one with a set of working gloves, one without with green grass in the background.

World Food Day: Food security and environmental integrity are inseparable goals

Perspective / Science, policy and collaboration can transform food systems and improve production, nutrition, environment and lives.

16 October 2025 / About Food and agriculture

A view of a partly cultivated marshland in urban Kigali backgrounded by informal settlements and formal housing on a hillside

‘This city is not for me’—farmers’ differentiated experiences of, and responses to, reorganisation of urban marshlands in Kigali

Journal article / The article explores how Kigali’s urban greening and marshland reorganization affect farmers’ livelihoods and vulnerabilities across social groups.

13 October 2025 / About Adaptation, Climate policy and Food and agriculture

A close-up shot of a large heap of mustard-yellow soybeans. The background is a wide landscape dominated by open fields.

Power and sustainability governance in the soy-animal protein global value chain

Journal article / Due to increasingly hybrid approaches in sustainability governance, researchers will need to attend to both chain and out-of-chain actors in their assessments.

7 October 2025 / About Food and agriculture, Forests, Land use and Sustainable Development Goals

Complementary perspectives and metrics are essential to end deforestation

Journal article / By proposing a unified framework for classifying deforestation metrics, this article aims to provide clarity and consistency in sustainability reporting.

6 October 2025 / About Adaptation, Food and agriculture, Forests and Land use

A group of people sit on dry grass in the sun and shade, listening to a semicircle of people facing them, standing and sitting in chairs, under the shade of a tree.

Farmer field schools: cultivating collaborative innovation for synergies in water, energy and food security in Uganda

SEI report / Farmer field schools offer an effective framework to promote agricultural sustainability, empower farmers and strengthen community resilience in Uganda.

1 October 2025 / About Food and agriculture and Water-energy-food nexus

Farmers, policymakers and early-career researchers unite to fight food insecurity at the Collaborative Learning School

Feature / This feature spotlights the Collaborative Learning School, which aims to facilitate connections between early-career researchers from Africa and the US.

26 September 2025 / About Food and agriculture and Water-energy-food nexus

Woman working in a maize field in Malealea, Lesotho.

Forging transformative pathways for food security

Past event / Join us at the Agri4D conference on 24 September to learn more about transformative approaches to build sustainable and resilient food systems.

24 September 2025 / About Food and agriculture, Innovation and Sustainable Development Goals

Aerial view of a diversified farm with green crop fields, bare soil being worked by farmers, and covered greenhouses, showcasing different stages of cultivation.

Agroecology

Collection / SEI explores agroecology as a pathway to sustainable food systems through research, policy engagement and collaboration across sectors and scales.

About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Public policy and Sustainable lifestyles

The sun is setting over a field of purple flowers. View from the North York Moors towards Whitby

Yorkshire moorland fires: Andreas Heinemeyer speaks on BBC about management

Media coverage / In an interview with the BBC, SEI's Andreas Heinemeyer discussed moorland management following the Yorkshire fires.

19 August 2025 / About Pollution