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A timber market in Yaoundé
New director for IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets research group
News, 11 October 2018
Women racing while carrying baskets full of sweet potatoes on their backs.
Faith in ecology: how one group of Indigenous people in the Philippines are advancing agrobiodiversity
… from the spectacular Imugan waterfalls. It is in this region that a group of Indigenous people, the Ikalahan (meaning ‘people of the … since overseen a transformation. They have championed traditional sustainable farming practices, the restoration of natural forests and … a tough sell for farmers in the upland valleys, who live far from the markets. Nurturing nature It was against this backdrop that the question …
Insight, 05 December 2024
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Promoting agroecological productivity through smallholder management in northern Tanzania
… socioeconomic network of empowered farmers and pastoralists achieving sustainable livelihoods from agriculture and animal crops. An earlier …
Publication, 18 December 2025
Community members during a meeting, sitting down, writing notes and discussing.
Why we need strong farmer organisations to achieve the world’s big environmental goals
… giving them a collective voice and the means to access services, markets and policy processes. This makes FFPOs essential partners for … organisations to ensure interventions are locally owned and sustainable in the long term.  The Global Environment Facility’s (GEF) Dryland Sustainable Landscapes Impact Programme (DSL-IP) aims to avoid, reduce …
Insight, 01 September 2025
A handful of seedlings
Bringing business into the conversation on sustainable development
… at how businesses and investors are increasingly connecting with the sustainable development agenda. It explores the challenges and … a discussion  between the head of IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets research group, Laura Kelly , and Chris West , director of financial management … Sustainable markets …
News, 18 November 2019
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Philanthropy’s role in sustaining fisheries for people and nature
… communities, numbering about half a billion people, are the largest group of ocean users and are central to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 14 (life below water). Their … knowledge and stewardship experience are critical for sustainable fisheries management, biodiversity conservation and climate …
Publication, 21 November 2023
A shoal of fish
IIED launches new 'Insights' series linking business and sustainability
… together business, investors and civil society to work on effective sustainable development solutions. The Insights will explore a variety … positive change Laura Kelly , director of IIED’s Shaping Sustainable Markets research group , says IIED aims to support business to deliver positive change. … Sustainable markets …
News, 02 October 2019
In the distance across a large field of plants, a farmer tends to his crop.
Revisiting smallholder inclusion in modern value chains as a path to sustainable development
… opportunities and capacities of smallholders in an environmentally sustainable way is critical for achieving multiple Sustainable … has the potential to give small-scale farmers access to higher-value markets and better prices than traditional – often informal – markets … report and convene a series of roundtable discussions with a diverse group to identify opportunities to rethink smallholder inclusion, and to …
Project, 16 August 2022
Man moves charcoal with a shovel
How innovative shared labels are promoting diversity, biocultural heritage and sustainable production
… Growing demand for quality products – that are local, fair, and sustainable Consumer demand in the global North for sustainability … marketability.  ‘Shared’ or ‘collective’ labels work by a producer group collectively agreeing to carry a label on their products that … own trademark on the packaging. And it is the members of the group itself who define the rules and the quality standards their label …
Insight, 20 March 2023
Two farmers wearing traditional dress, walking through their crops in Ghana.
One million voices, one vision: strengthening governance for grassroots producer organisations
… give members a collective voice and the means to access services, markets and policy processes. FFPOs have three core purposes (PDF) : To …
Insight, 02 October 2025