Professor Stein T. Holden presented a keynote statement at the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) Research Dissemination Conference 2025—Malawi on November 26, 2025.
The presentation topic was on "Agricultural Development Policy and Behaviour in Malawi: 20 Years of Research Collaboration between NMBU and LUANAR."
Conference Summary
- The theme of the conference was "Research and Innovation for Resilient and Sustainable Food Systems," and it was held from November 25 to 28, 2015, in Lilongwe, Malawi.
- The conference sub-themes were
• Enhancing Agricultural Productivity and Climate Resilience - • Value Chain Development and Market Access
- • Food Security, Nutrition, and Food Safety
- • Sustainable Natural Resource Management
- • Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation, and Technology Adoption
- • ICT, IoT, AI, and Machine Learning for Agricultural Growth
- • One Health and Livestock Systems Innovations
- • Policy, Governance, and Institutional Strengthening
As a keynote speaker, Professor Stein T. Holden presented 20 years of research work spanning various research sub-themes and emphasized the collaboration between Norway and Malawi in building resilient and sustainable food systems. This included the recent work under the Experiments for Development of Climate-Smart Agriculture (SMARTEX) project, a collaborative project between LUANAR and NMBU with support from the Norwegian government.