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Smallholder Innovation for Resilience (SIFOR) - Qualitative Baseline Study, Central & Eastern Himalayas, India
… the Central and the Eastern Himalayas. The project aims to strengthen traditional knowledge-based innovation systems, identify innovations developed by smallholder farmers to confront challenges related to climate changes, and understand the factors or conditions that support …
Publication, 01 October 2014
Farmers looking at plants
Nature 4 Development – introducing IIED’s new 2020 initiative
… policy work on biodiversity-based agriculture, including agroecology, traditional crop varieties, indigenous biodiversity knowledge and seed … in response to scientists and policymakers failing to recognise climate change as a development issue, and that it was an issue hitting poor … Biodiversity, climate and development in the 2020 debate …
Insight, 29 January 2020
A researcher talking with a cotton farmer in Mozambique. Communicating our findings to a wide range of key audiences is central to our work (Photo: Mike Goldwater)
Communicating research – uptake, influence and change
… world, increasing the potential to influence policy and practical change. As research communications manager, supporting this aim is a key … Building relationships with these people, who might be farmers and traditional leaders, academics or government ministers, with or without … engagement for a sustainable planet, inclusive transitions to climate resilience and green economy, and fair consumption from …
Insight, 15 January 2015
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Pastoralism: the custodian of China’s grasslands
… as a consequence of 30 years of inappropriate policies, as well as climate change. Such policies have simultaneously brought negative impacts to … on an analysis of academic papers. It highlights the unique value of traditional pastoralism, particularly in maintaining efficient and …
Publication, 01 April 2013
Woman with jerrycans and two donkeys.
Exploring intersectionality: what does it look like for IIED and our partners?
… for example, we have worked with the Irish Embassy to understand how climate resilience-oriented projects are achieving gender equality … exploring the gender and generational impacts of climate hazards. A traditional marriage in the community at the time of the workshop led to … our ambition of reducing inequalities and achieving transformational change. …
Insight, 06 January 2021
New website shows how nature plus culture equals resilience
… people around the world, and will be critical to how they respond to climate change and other environmental challenges. To shine a light on this way … partners are launching this new website to promote understanding of traditional knowledge as biocultural systems, and of the need to protect …
News, 18 May 2011
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IIED at the Seventh Session of the Governing Body of FAO Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources
… Innovation for Resilience (SIFOR) project . This aimed to revitalise traditional knowledge-based – or 'biocultural' – innovation systems of … farmers in order to strengthen food security in the face of climate change. Swiderska's presentation also made recommendations for the FAO …
Event, 30 October 2017
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Smallholder Innovation for Resilience (SIFOR): Planning & Methodology Workshop Report
… ~Strengthening Biocultural Systems for Food Security in the Face of Climate Change is a five year project running from August 2012 to July 2017. Its … food security and resilience by enabling smallholder innovation and traditional knowledge systems to thrive in developing countries. The …
Publication, 01 January 2013
A farmer in the Potato Park, Peru (Photo: Adam Kerby)
A marriage to save the earth: Farmers and researchers innovate to conserve biodiversity
… changes to how they live and farm in order to adapt to a changing climate. They have innovated to survive, changing the ways they support … new technologies and practices to confront these challenges,  using traditional knowledge and crop varieties, alongside modern technologies. … and science bring to the partnership, and to continue to adapt and change with the times. More details Smallholder Innovation for …
Insight, 07 October 2014
IIED Insights: Q&A with Hannah Reid on community based adaptation
… Climate change is set to significantly impact people and the environment. Rising … Based Adaptation (CBA) to Climate Change , where they will share knowledge and experience in planning and practicing adaptation at … change impacts that will come their way. It’s different from the traditional approach which is designed around a more top-down, …
Article, 10 March 2011