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Maize cultivation along the Kafue river in Kitwe, Zambia. Water levels in the river have decreased because of deforestation in the river’s catchment area (Photo: Barbara Adolph/IIED)

Blog

Food, ecosystems, equality – can we have it all?

A snack store in Bandung, Indonesia (Photo: Ikhlasul Amal, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Project

Sustainable diets for all

Farmers checking cotton plants in Eastern Zambia

Photo story

Cotton at a crossroads

Air balloon photograph of children while mapping Mathare informal settlement, Nairobi.

Long read

Mapping for food safety

Title screen of the Life beyond maize film

News

IIED and Hivos film calls for life beyond maize in Zambia

More than 100 representatives of indigenous mountain communities met in Peru's Potato Park in April 2017 to share their expertise and build their international network (Photo: Lucia Flórez Zelaya)

News

Mountain indigenous peoples call for support for biocultural landscapes to achieve the SDGs

Resilience in agricultural and food systems

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

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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)

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Social and environmental trade-offs in African agriculture

A farmer in Bangladesh who produces vermi-compost to fertilise her crops (Photo: Seth Cook/IIED)

Project

Upscaling agroecological practices

Publications

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International policies and biocultural innovation: SIFOR policy review

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Smallholder farming systems in the Indian Himalayas: Key trends and innovations for resilience

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Biocultural innovation: the key to global food security?

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Reducing climate risk and poverty: why China needs ecosystem-based adaptation

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The spice of life: the fundamental role of diversity on the farm and on the plate

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Contract farming and informality: drivers and governance responses in Zambia and Zimbabwe

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Workers in a tea plantation. (Photo: Anil Wadghule, Creative Commons via Flickr)

IIED webinar: How to support small-scale farmers in negotiations with agribusiness

News, Mar 2018

A soup stall in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Many of the urban poor rely on frequent food purchases, often cooked food prepared by street vendors (stefans_box, Creative Commons via Flickr)

How the urban poor define and measure food insecurity

Project, Mar 2018

A young woman in a greenhouse (Photo: Tamara Kaunda)

Attracting Zambia's youth to agriculture: it's about time

Blog, Jan 2018

Maize cultivation along the Kafue river in Kitwe, Zambia. Water levels in the river have decreased because of deforestation in the river’s catchment area (Photo: Barbara Adolph/IIED)

Food, ecosystems, equality – can we have it all?

Blog, Dec 2017

IIED at the Seventh Session of the Governing Body of FAO Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources

Event, Oct 2017

A huge selection of photos are displayed in a Peru supermarket (Photo: Teresa Stanton, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

Nourishing diversity in our food systems

Blog, Oct 2017

Title screen of the Life beyond maize film

IIED and Hivos film calls for life beyond maize in Zambia

News, Oct 2017

Cutting down trees, especially for livestock grazing, can lead to soil erosion, as seen on this hillside outside Addis Ababa (Photo: Aaron Minnick/World Resources Institute, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Shaping the future of forest and farm landscapes in Africa

Blog, Aug 2017

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)

Social and environmental trade-offs in African agriculture

Project, Aug 2017

More than 100 representatives of indigenous mountain communities met in Peru's Potato Park in April 2017 to share their expertise and build their international network (Photo: Lucia Flórez Zelaya)

Mountain indigenous peoples call for support for biocultural landscapes to achieve the SDGs

News, Jun 2017

A Zambian farmer in his maize field. The overdependence on maize is having a negative impact on diets in Zambia (Photo: Wesley Wakunuma)

Promoting diversity on the farm – and the plate

Blog, Jun 2017

Farmers checking cotton plants in Eastern Zambia

Cotton at a crossroads

Photo story, Apr 2017