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Evelyne Flora Latabu shaking a bowl of grains.
The Ugandan diet: food voices and choices
… their crops from pests, diseases and increasingly unpredictable climate hazards such as droughts and heavy rains. They show fluctuations … and knowledge and training on how to improve farming, could make a change for the better. Emericana Lamwaka is a 47-year-old farmer from … I would like to add cocoa and black pepper.” He believes that public policy can help farmers: “The prices of agricultural products should be …
Insight, 24 October 2019
Leaders of the Southern Aberdare Conservation Network (SACN) discussing support from the Forest and Farm Facility (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Taking the brakes off forest farm development in Kenya
… proactively by moving to recognise the role of tree growers in policy and law (PDF) . Unusually, the bulk of wood in Kenya is outside … in Kenya. As Kenya and the world struggle to adapt to and mitigate climate change, the FFF approach of investing in locally controlled forestry …
Insight, 11 November 2014
Annual report 2007/08
… human face of sustainable development. Featured project highlights Climate change Making adaptation planning fully democratic:  thanks to an IIED-run climate …
Page, 23 December 2008
Mountains, forests and rice paddies in Nepal (Photo: Sajal Sthapit)
Risky business: assessing potential impacts of REDD+ in Nepal
… our duty to humankind demands a greater sense of urgency. But any policy response can bring risks to people or the environment, and the … prepare to engage with REDD+ , a scheme being negotiated at the UN climate change talks to financially reward countries for reducing greenhouse …
Insight, 09 April 2014
Cover for G02776.pdf
Biodiversity at IIED
… IIED’s biodiversity work ranges from agrobiodiversity to apes, from climate change to conservation, and from market mechanisms to mainstreaming. It … sharing, social assessment of protected areas and ecosystem-based adaptation. This booklet provides a snapshot of our active projects as …
Publication, 01 September 2010
'Just give money' or 'just give work' to the poor?
… Due South discussed the potential for cash transfers to contribute to climate change adaptation. But 'just giving money to the poor' is not the only social …
Insight, 14 January 2011
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
… pests and diseases, all of which are likely to intensify due to climate change. They sacrifice diversity, and in some cases taste as well.   The … such as the Svalbard Global Seed Vault are an essential insurance policy against the loss of crop varieties and as a resource for plant …
Insight, 14 October 2016
A huge selection of photos are displayed in a Peru supermarket (Photo: Teresa Stanton, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Nourishing diversity in our food systems
… nutrition. It also undermines the ability of agriculture to adapt to climate change. What can be done? Citizens currently have little input into food systems apart from their consumption choices. Key policy decisions are often disconnected from the interests of both …
Insight, 10 October 2017
In the foreground, a hotchpotch of buildings close together, towered over by large buildings in the background.
Firm and fair foundations to transform cities, transform lives
… programme, which seeks to put cities on a path to achieving climate justice and zero-carbon emissions by 2050. Here, IIED senior … be able to improve access to basic services and responses to climate change. This means adaptation, but also decarbonisation. Local funds are needed so that …
Article, 14 June 2022
A shoal of fish; marine issues were among the focus of the international seminar
International seminar to demonstrate economic value of marine and coastal ecosystem services
… but also shows its essential role in efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change. "Despite the significant benefits provided by ecosystem …
News, 04 September 2014