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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)

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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

How IIED is building greater local control and resilience 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)

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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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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

Oxen plough teams bring bigger fields and easier farmwork (Photo: Camilla Toulmin/IIED)

Notes from the field – Dlonguebougou, Mali

Blog, Apr 2017

Madizini in Tanzania grew from a village into an urban centre, initially because the local sugarcane plantations and factory needed workers. Now the town supports a wide array of businesses (Photo: Jytte Agergaard)

Reframing food security for an urbanising world

Blog, Apr 2017

The fall army worm, a breed of earthworm currently devastating Maize crops in southern Africa (Photo: Wesley Wakunuma)

Fall army worm maize attack: a case for diversity from farm to fork

Blog, Feb 2017

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

Upscaling agroecological practices

Project, Jan 2017

The Potato Park’s Craft micro-enterprise group. Biocultural heritage indicators that are a guarantee of origin and authenticity have increased incomes and improved social cohesion at the Potato Park (Photo: Asociacion ANDES (Peru))

Designing a biocultural heritage labelling system: survey results

Blog, Jan 2017

Miombo woodlands in Southeast Tanzania. But can remote sensing technologies accurately detect the woodlands (Photo: Samuel Bowers)

How much can the eyes in the sky really tell us about deforestation?

Blog, Jan 2017

The fruit market is dominated by a small number of varieties that can withstand long distance shipping and meet supermarket demands for uniformity (Photo: Dirk Loop, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Why food diversity must be on the menu

Blog, Oct 2016

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

Sustainable diets for all

Project, Oct 2016

The Food Change Lab engaged a wide group of voices from people in different parts of the food system in the Fort Portal region (Photo: Nimrod Bagonza)

Mixing more voices into food policy

Blog, Oct 2016