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Bales of ginned cotton
Research shows gap in climate protections for India's small-scale cotton farmers
… battle the worsening impacts of climate change, new research from IIED suggests. The research focused on two regions in India, the world’s … complete crop loss due to flood and drought in the past five years. About two-thirds said they were experiencing longer dry spells, higher …
News, 30 September 2024
A road full of congested traffic.
IIED and partner events at the World Urban Forum (WUF10)
… for exchanging views and experiences on sustainable urbanisation. IIED’s researchers and partners shared research and participated in … an opportunity to discuss current practices and develop ideas about how the work poor communities and their networks are doing to eat … people reside in urban areas – there is still a lot to learn about the phenomenon: from the realities of displaced and host …
Event, 08 February 2020
A partially obstructed drain in Gangtok city, Sikkim (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
Fieldnotes from two cities in India: learning about social learning and climate uncertainty
Insight, 21 July 2016
Women play a major role in the ASM sector in Ghana, as they do in all countries where ASM takes place. The dialogue meetings offered the chance to share ideas about improving working conditions and community wellbeing (Photo: Friends of the Nation)
New voices: Ghanaian miners, students and civil society representatives talk about ASM
… National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM). She talks about the new Learning and Leadership Group and the importance of … Miners (GNASSM). He explains what he learned at the dialogue event about financing responsible ASM operations, and calls on the government … development. [VIDEO::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU7pO_qpOcM] IIED's ASM dialogue programme provides a much-needed forum for …
News, 27 October 2016
A cook serves up the daily soup at the Achumani market in La Paz (Photo: Mauricio Panoso)
IIED and partners urge citizen involvement in international food policy debate
… Hivos , one of the co-leaders of the SFS programme, is working with IIED on Sustainable Diets for All (SD4All) , a project that supports … America, Marcelo Collao from the Hivos office in Bolivia will talk about the role of the informal sector in the food system, presenting … officer Nout van der Vaart will participate in a session talking about “Sustainable and healthy gastronomy as a key driver for …
News, 05 February 2019
Cotton farmers in a field.
Building climate resilience for India’s cotton farmers: insurance's role?
Event, 27 June 2024
An image from the animation focusing why small-scale fisheries matter
IIED animation: it’s time for policy to catch on to small-scale fishing
… investment. In under 90 seconds the animation, also available on IIED's YouTube channel , explains how if information on small-scale … by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida),  IIED is working to get small-scale fishing on the radar of fishing … can take their true place in the economy. Further IIED animations about an inclusive blue economy Watch IIED's animation on how fiscal …
News, 15 February 2019
Cover for G04400.pdf
Sustainable Diets for All: harnessing citizens’ voices for a diverse, healthy, fair and green food system
… This document, published in October 2017, is Hivos and IIED’s position document. It provides an overview of the main goal, priorities, approaches and methodologies Hivos and IIED employ in their joint Sustainable Diets for All programme, where … advocacy efforts. Readers are invited to engage with Hivos and IIED about the programme. …
Publication, 01 March 2019
Rehema Peter Mushi mines red garnets and sapphires in Tanzania. She recently won a grant to purchase equipment (Photo: Magali Rochat/IIED)
IIED to host 3rd online artisanal and small-scale mining day
… IIED is inviting ASM workers, researchers and other stakeholders around … expanding the dialogues to the Amazon region . More information about IIED's ASM programme: Read this blog on using dialogue to extract … in the long read ' Small ventures, big hopes '  Learn more about Madagascar's communities taking action to tackle the environmental …
News, 02 March 2018
A row of multicoloured containers filled with water beside a dusty road.
Drought in displacement: inclusive responses to urban drought in Zambia and Jordan
Project, 30 January 2025