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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%
SLU publications 2001 -2014
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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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Global utveckling
Moving average (Global utveckling)
Co-authored publications with African and DAC countries -18% of SLU’s total publications.
(n = 903 publ.)(n = 419 publ.)
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SLU’s co-authors around the world
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