Agricultural Sciences for Global Development, SLU Global Carolyn Glynn, 29 June 2015 on the occasion of the visit by ILRI’s Appolinaire Djikeng.

Agricultural Sciences for Global Development, SLU Global

Carolyn Glynn, 29 June 2015 on the occasion of the visit by ILRI’s Appolinaire Djikeng

SLU’s Mission:SLU develops the understanding and sustainable use and management of biological natural resources.

This is achieved by research, education and environmental monitoring and assessment, in collaboration with the

surrounding community.

(molecule, organism, ecosystem, landscape, ”cityscape”, global)

SLU has a nationwide presence, its largest campuses being at Alnarp, Skara, Umeå and Uppsala.

SLU has a focused profile, unique in Sweden in areas of strategic importance to society, nationally and globally.

Staff and laboratories were transferred from the National Board of Fisheries in 2011. SLU is now Sweden's main centre of expertise in both soil biology and aquatic biology.

SLU nationwide

2013Professor 241University lecturer 122Assistant professor 68Researcher incl. PhD students 526Lecturer 82PhD student 376Administrative 565Laboratory personel 203Technical personel 725Consultant 50Total 2958

Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production Science (based in Alnarp)

Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences (based in Uppsala)

Faculty of Forest Sciences (based in Umeå)

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science (based in Uppsala)

2014 Veterinary medicine and Animal sciencesUniversity Animal Hospital

SLU Uppsala new campus 2011-2015

2011 Soil, Water, EnvironmentCenter

2011 BioCenterChemistry, MicrobiologyPlant science, Food science

2015 Economics, Landscape architectureCentral administration

Research and Education Center for farm animals 2011- Cows (meat, milk), pigs, poultry (meat, eggs)- Slaughter house- Bioenergy (wood chips, biogas plant manure)

(> 500 MSEK)

Lövsta

Agriculture and horticultureLandscape planning Food production Nature conservationForestry and wood processingFisheries and aquacultureVeterinary medicine and livestock husbandry

“The combination of basic research, education and societal activities makes up SLU's unique strength.”SLU’s strategy 2013–2016

Our strengths are…

24 first-cycle programmes15 second-cycle programmes, mostly in EnglishOver 300 courses3,838 full-time students (2014) 3.6 students per teacherGood exchange agreements and

international collaboration

Education programmes 2014

ForestAgricultural landscapeLakes, rivers and streamsCoasts and seas Built environment ClimateBiodiversityEutrophicationAcidificationNon-toxic environment

Environmental monitoringand assessment

-Bioenergy-Cefo, Cemus Research Forum-Domestic Animals in a Changing World-Ecology – its basics and applications-Focus on Soils and Water-Food in Focus at SLU-Forest Genetics and Breeding-Forest Management-Genetic Resources and Breeding-Global Natural Resource Management and Livelihoods-Integrated Peri-urban development-Landscape Architecture-Microbial Horticulture-Northern Ruralities in Transition -Organism Biology-Sensys – Sensory Systems-Translational and Comparative Medicine-Trees and Crops for the Future

Research Schools

Breakdown of income

• Total turnover SEK 3,348 million

Source: SLU's Annual Report 2014

Financial >0%

External grants 29% Direct government funding 49%

Fees 22%

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SLU’s areas of science with highest publication and citation rates 2014

Field of science Nr articles Field normalized average citation

% of Swedish publications from SLU

Ecology 160 1,39 30 %Environmental Sciencs 157 1,29 18 %

Plant biology 133 1,57 39 %

Forestry 114 1,10 66 %

Veterinary sciences 106 1,71 74 %

Plant production 55 1,46 76 %

Agri. Sciences, milk and animal sciences

53 1,33 88 %

Biochemistry, molecular biology 45 1,04 7 %

Biotechnology, applied mikrobiologi

43 1,01 13 %

Food Sciences 42 1,31 35 %

Sweden allocates 1% of GNP to developmental aid; 4 billion €

From Sida’s website. Photo: Bengt af Geijerstam

Over 60 years of Swedish Policy for Global Development

Nils Lagerlöf with two of his students from the 1954/55 course in animal reproduction for a group of veterinarians from India and Thailand at the Royal Veterinary College in Stockholm.

Photographer Lars Drejare. From the photo archives of the Veterinary Museum in Skara. Curtesy Karl Bruno, division of Agrarian History

SLU only Swedish university with it’s own strategy for global development

The program Agricultural Sciences for Global Development; SLU Global implements the strategy

• Efficiency in farming systems

• Restoration of degraded rural landscapes

• Urban and peri-urban farming

Externally financed projects at SLU; 9% have global development focus

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