New Publications
- Is urbanization contributing to higher food prices?September 2009
This paper examines some of the links through which urbanization is considered to be contributing to higher food prices and concludes that in most cases urbanization is being conflated with other long-term processes.
- Where does the carbon footprint fall? Developing a carbon map of food productionAugust 2009
The concept of local food is appealing to many consumers. This report advances the discussion about defining the local by examining the geographical location of GHG emissions along the supply chains upstream of two case study farms.
- The food price crisis and urban food (in)securitySeptember 2009
Rapid increases in food prices in 2007 and 2008 attracted high-level policy attention. This paper argues that the disproportionate attention that policy solutions to the food price crisis give to rural dwellers is likely misplaced.
IIED Journals
Environment and Urbanization - urban and environmental issues
Gatekeeper Series - natural resource management
Haramata - sustainable development, dryland areas, mainly Africa
Participatory learning and Action - a forum for participatory work
Tiempo - climate change and the developing world










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