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We use research and action to design and sustain resilient local food systems, support biocultural innovation and secure fair consumption

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People stand around several women on a busy street who are selling fish in buckets on the floor in front of them.

Preventing future pandemics means taking a considered approach to wildlife trade and 'wet markets'

Dilys Roe
01 July 2022

Three women holding a sack of rice between them.

Seeking cheaper, better quality rice: the cooperative rice distribution project in Jakarta

Guntoro Muhammad and Dian Irawaty
25 May 2022

People sit around a desk and talk into microphones

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

05 May 2020

A man carries a box with spring onions through a busy scene

Redefining smallholder farmer inclusion in modern value chains: three ways forward

Giulia Nicolini and Alejandro Guarín
15 September 2022

Tea plantation with many people carrying baskets on their backs.

Legal empowerment with a gender lens: how women tea farmers in Malawi are claiming their rights

Kumvana Mlumbe Mtukule
25 August 2022

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

Began April 2021

Asociacion Andes team

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Asociación ANDES: from local potato farmers to global strategies for protecting crop diversity and Indigenous rights

A woman picks beans. She carries a basket with aubergines with her head.

Inclusive dialogue gets priorities of Nepal’s rural producers recognised in local law

Binod Gautam
25 July 2022

People stand around several women on a busy street who are selling fish in buckets on the floor in front of them.

Preventing future pandemics means taking a considered approach to wildlife trade and 'wet markets'

Dilys Roe
01 July 2022

A woman in a yellow sari and wearing a facemask is standing in a field of crops. She is putting the plants into a bag tied around her waist.

Resilience through flexibility – the story of peri-urban agricultural workers in India

06 June 2022

Three women holding a sack of rice between them.

Seeking cheaper, better quality rice: the cooperative rice distribution project in Jakarta

Guntoro Muhammad and Dian Irawaty
25 May 2022

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Publications

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21151x.pdf

Indigenous Peoples' Food Systems and Biocultural Heritage: Addressing Indigenous Priorities Using Decolonial and Interdisciplinary Research Approaches

21111IIED.pdf

Shared labels: Selling stories that conserve biocultural diversity and promote resilience

21086iied.pdf

Taking stock of smallholder inclusion in modern value chains: ambitions, reality and signs of change

21126iied.pdf

Establishing a Biocultural Heritage Territory to protect Kenya's Kaya forests - project launch workshop report

21016IIED.pdf

(Re)claiming power in value chains: A guide for small-scale farmers and their advocates

21011iied.pdf

Challenges and opportunities for small-scale tea producers in Malawi

20941G.pdf

The nexus between soil degradation and agricultural expansion in Zambia

20896G.pdf

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

20891G.pdf

Reducing the biodiversity impacts of agriculture in Ethiopia

20886G.pdf

Reducing the biodiversity impacts of agriculture in Ghana

Aerial natural landscape.

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

Blog, 04 March 2022

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

Household energy: a missing ingredient in nutrition debates

Blog, 21 February 2022

Screengrab of a videocall with eight people in a meeting room and five more online participants

Digital tools amplify the voice of women in Peruvian communities

Blog, 11 November 2021

A woman wearing a face mask and a visor stands behind a table of vegetables selling her produce.

COVID-19 and forest communities

Active Project

Stalls of fruits and vegetables.

Food Systems Summit: implications for global food governance

Blog, 30 September 2021

Crop field with man watering the soil.

Reconciling food production and forest conservation: priorities for the UN Food Systems Summit

Blog, 20 September 2021

Two people pour liquid on a plate of potatoes.

Indigenous food systems prove highly resilient during COVID-19

Blog, 26 August 2021

Woman farmer holds a machete to a cocoa plant

Civil society perspectives on the living income differential for cocoa producers

Blog, 23 August 2021

Man wearing traditional clothing holds a plate with potatoes.

Indigenous Peoples’ food systems and COVID-19

Event on 14 September 2021

Raw meat and a knife on a table

New decision support tool launched for wild meat alternatives project development

News, 27 July 2021