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Blog

From New Zealand to Africa: managing land use trade-offs

Zenital view of a woman, wearing a headscarf, holding a spoon and a bowl with greens in front of a pot with more greens.

Blog

Household energy: a missing ingredient in nutrition debates

Stalls of fruits and vegetables.

Blog

Food Systems Summit: implications for global food governance

Man at a food market sits next to table full of produce on plates

Feature

Food year: exploring the policies and practices to transform our food systems

Two people pour liquid on a plate of potatoes.

Blog

Indigenous food systems prove highly resilient during COVID-19

People sit around a desk and talk into microphones

Podcast

What makes a sustainable diet? And who decides? Make Change Happen podcast episode 5

Resilience and diversity in food systems

How IIED is building greater local control, resilience and diversity into agricultural and food systems More in this collection

Afghan farmers and extension workers assess an okra field in Balkh Province, Northern Afghanistan (Photo: Barbara Adoph/IIED)

Article

Introduction to building greater local control and resilience into agricultural and food systems

A conservation agriculture demonstration at the Golden Valley Agricultural Research Trust, Zambia. Conservation agriculture can increase productivity and improve soil structure (Photo: Barbara Adolph/IIED)

Project

Social and environmental trade-offs in African agriculture

People sitting in a pasture

Project

International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (INMIP)

Latest publications

The nexus between soil degradation and agricultural expansion in Zambia

Future trade-offs to 2050: land cover change, biodiversity and agriculture in Zambia

Reducing the biodiversity impacts of agriculture in Ethiopia

Reducing the biodiversity impacts of agriculture in Ghana

Reducing the biodiversity impacts of agriculture in Zambia

Determinants of farmland expansion in the forest margins of Ethiopia

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Man at a food market sits next to table full of produce on plates

Food year: exploring the policies and practices to transform our food systems

Feature, Jul 2021

Raw meat and a knife on a table

New decision support tool launched for wild meat alternatives project development

News, Jul 2021

People squatting before plant beds

We also want greens in our meals: community gardens in the Philippines

Blog, Jul 2021

Woman stirs a long stick in a pan on a fireplace made of stone

Why eat wild meat? Insights from Africa and lessons for COVID-19 responses

Webinar, Jul 2021

People standing between piles of bananas

African social movements call on UN food summit to give people back control

Blog, Jul 2021

Vegetable garden in the middle of a city street

Argentinian city Rosario wins award for urban sustainability

News, Jul 2021

Woman cooks using wood fire

Feeding all city inhabitants

Blog, Jun 2021

Woman puts greens on a plate

UN Food Systems Summit: it’s time to listen to civil society’s concerns

Blog, Jun 2021

Street vendor selling vegetables

IIED’s 'food year' blog series explores policies and practice to transform our food systems

News, Jun 2021

Sprouts of chilli plants

Turning up the heat – how chilli growing is conserving Uganda’s wildlife

Blog, Jun 2021

An elderly woman bends over while planting rice

Q&A: Unleashing the potential of forest farmers to address climate change and biodiversity loss

Interview, Jun 2021

Woman selling vegetables

Agricultural contracts and farmer agency: a shift in perspective

Blog, May 2021