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Prema Gopalan remembered
23 May 2022 IIED partners and staff pay tribute to an inspirational leader and fighter for rural women’s rights and entitlements in India and worldwideNew decision support tool launched for wild meat alternatives project development
28 July 2021 IIED and partners have released a tool, available in multiple languages, to support practitioners to find sustainable alternatives to wild meat that work for rural peopleArgentinian city Rosario wins award for urban sustainability
9 July 2021 The World Resources Institute Ross Centre ‘Prize for Cities’ competition has awarded its grand prize to the municipality of Rosario, to recognise major progress in building climate resilience and equity through urban agricultureIIED’s 'food year' blog series explores policies and practice to transform our food systems
22 June 2021 In the lead up to the first ever global summit on food, IIED launches a new series of blogs to contribute to the debate about food systems transformationOne-size-fits-all policies won’t deliver sustainable farming in Africa
26 April 2020 Governments and development agencies need to give greater consideration to conflicting objectives of different types of smallholder farmers when promoting sustainable agricultural intensification in sub-Saharan Africa, says reportInformal food markets offer diverse food products and crucial livelihood opportunities
25 November 2019 An IIED discussion paper highlights the importance of informal food markets in ZambiaThe Bolivian diet: women’s voices and choices
8 March 2019 To coincide with International Women's Day on March 8, a photo exhibition explores Bolivian women's attitudes to traditional foodsMountain communities stress the importance of biocultural heritage for global food security
15 February 2019 Ahead of an intergovernmental forum on biodiversity and food security, the International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples has published a report highlighting the importance of biodiversity and indigenous knowledge for climate adaptationIIED and partners urge citizen involvement in international food policy debate
5 February 2019 IIED and Hivos will highlight the importance of listening to citizens' voices at an international conference on sustainable food systems this weekForest and Farm Facility launches Phase II
20 July 2018On 20 July IIED and partners will launch Phase II of the Forest and Farm Facility, the second stage of a highly successful international partnership that is providing support to forest and farm producer organisations across Africa, Asia and Latin America
IIED and Hivos film calls for life beyond maize in Zambia
10 October 2017A new film launched ahead of World Food Day highlights the importance of diversifying agricultural production in Zambia, from farm to fork, in order to improve the nation's diet
Mountain indigenous peoples call for support for biocultural landscapes to achieve the SDGs
28 June 2017The International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples has called for support and legal protection for biocultural heritage landscapes and community conserved areas following an event in Peru
Biocultural heritage territories film now in Spanish
30 August 2016 A visually stunning photofilm that profiles three biocultural heritage terriritories and their role in biodiversity conservation and locally determined development is now available in Spanish. Biocultural heritage territories protect indigenous and traditional land tenure and use land management to preserve fragile ecosystems and promote locally determined patterns of developmentMountain communities being devastated by extreme climate impacts
18 November 2015For those mountain communities living at the extreme edges of the world, climate change is already a very real threat. Researchers are calling for vulnerable communities to be given special consideration in the Paris negotiations next month
Mountain communities rebuild diverse, climate-resilient crops
6 October 2015 The Sustainable Development Goals have been agreed, but for mountain communities around the world this action can't come quickly enough. Climate change is already here, threatening their food security, nutrition and livelihoodsFarming impacts in sub-Saharan Africa
23 April 2015 Three new papers looking at the way in which agriculture is contributing to development in Sub-Saharan Africa have been published as part of an ongoing series, which was launched last year on World Food DayUnmissable opportunity to build food security and reduce GHGs at Paris COP
12 February 2015 International research organisations are stressing the need for climate agreements to support traditional farming, given its role in both adaptation and mitigationToulmin: "Soil is the foundation for a prosperous society"
10 December 2014IIED director Camilla Toulmin tells the BBC's Science in Action that much of the soil across sub-Saharan Africa needs urgent attention if it is to feed the continent
Return of potatoes from CIP to Andean farmers proves critical for climate adaptation
27 November 2014 Peru's farmers are able to access a greater diversity of potato varieties for climate adaptation, thanks to the continued work of a ground-breaking agreement between CIP, ANDES and the Association of the Potato Park communitiesIndigenous mountain communities call on governments to support traditional knowledge-based adaptation
18 June 2014 An International network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples has been formed to advocate for community biocultural heritage rights and help achieve food sovereignty and climate change adaptationLa riziculture irriguée à grande échelle: l'État doit prendre en compte les perspectives des paysans
3 June 2014New report by the Global Water Initiative stresses importance of considering views of farmers in agricultural policies