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Latest blog posts

Four actions to reduce the ‘forest footprint’ of commodities

Simon Milledge
18 March 2013
A woman sells palm oil in a market in west Africa.

Share the love this Valentine’s day with fairer flowers and chocolates

Suzanne Fisher
13 February 2013

SOKO: Learning lessons on how to add value to the East African apparel sector

Guest Author
11 February 2013
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Latest news

Report scopes sustainability of China-Latin America relations

9 May 2013

How extractive industries can address conflict and build trust with communities

25 April 2013

IIED shines a light on small-scale mining

5 March 2013

Book urges new development agenda for small-scale farming

29 November 2012

New business models can spell success for African farmers

19 November 2012

Mining: Big progress but new challenges as sector searches for sustainability

7 June 2012

Food and cotton certification schemes are no panacea for poorer producers

26 March 2012

Principles for responsible investment fail to support sustainable development

1 July 2011

Asian ideas sought as small-scale farmers face challenges of globalisation

28 January 2010

Global network to help African farmers navigate globalised markets

2 December 2009
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Highlights

Small Producer Agency in the Globalised Market

Matoke sellers in Uganda. Photo: Bill Vorley
What are the strategies and constraints of small-scale producers in an era of globalisation? This project provides insights that can help in designing better policies and business interventions to support them. ›

Shaping Sustainable markets

Picture of the Rainforest Alliance logo on a bunch of flowers.
A research initiative exploring how the formal and informal rules used to govern markets are designed, and how they impact on people, the planet and the economy. ›

IIED shines a light on small-scale mining

Small-scale gold miners in Madagascar use mercury, a neurotoxin that can pose significant health risks, to extract gold from other minerals.
Small-scale and artisanal mining — a sector that governments and development agencies often see as only as a problem — could be a source of sustainable livelihoods for millions of marginalised people. ›

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Publications

Sustainability standards in China-Latin America trade and investment: A discussion

Street vending activities in Hanoi

Perspectivas cambiantes: agricultores de pequeña escala, mercados y globalización

Los pequeños agricultores en la China frente a los procesos de modernización y globalización

Los pequeños agricultores en el marco alternativo de los gobiernos socialistas: venezuela y el tratado de comercio de los pueblos alba

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Projects and articles

Knowledge programme publications

Small Producer Agency in the Globalised Market

Shaping Sustainable markets

Linking Worlds: linking ‘small-scale’ producers into large and formal markets

What is the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative?

Focus on small-scale farming: food or jobs?

Provocation 6: Rural youth today, farmers tomorrow?

Our work in China

Productores de pequeña escala como actores en el mercado globalizado. Encuentro de la Red de Aprendizaje Latinoamericana, Lima, setiembre 2011

Small-scale producers in the globalised market

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