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Street food: the debate on food security must adapt to consider how consumption and urbanisation are transforming rural spaces and economies, food systems and food security (Photo: Cecilia Tacoli/IIED)
If food security is the answer, is it time to change the question?
… Food security has been high on political agendas since 2007/08, when … when Ban Ki-moon's High Level Task Force on the Global Food Security Crisis produced its recommendations, it was clear the authors had looked … in both rural and urban areas. Rural change too Urbanisation, climate change, rising food prices and the growing mechanisation of …
Insight, 23 February 2015
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The Tuggoz Declaration on Climate Change and Mountain Indigenous Peoples
… Second International Learning Exchange on Climate Change and Biocultural Heritage, Tajikistan, 11–18 September … the impacts of recent climatic changes on Mother Earth and on our food and farming systems, and to develop responses to this crisis. We are happy to announce that we have established an … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 October 2015
Women bends over a field.
Locally-led nature-based solutions can deliver global leaders’ pledge
… and exacerbated society’s most urgent challenges, including the climate crisis, nature loss, poverty and inequality. And recognising that all … and the depletion of forest resources that provide essential food, medicine, fuel and income. Any COVID-19 recovery plan must help … Climate change …
Insight, 27 September 2021
A man hoeing ground that is dry and cracked.
Moving forward with communal land rights in Ethiopia: what are the legal solutions?
Insight, 24 June 2022
World Food Day marked by call to democratise agricultural research and ensure food sovereignty
… Institute for Environment and Development will launch on World Food Day (16 October). The publication focuses on West Africa and … security, local livelihoods and human well being, and resilience to climate change." "The 2008 food price crisis was a wake up call to the reality that despite advances in …
News, 16 October 2010
A group of people look at a TV screen, in front of which a computer shows how they appear on the screen.
Indigenous Peoples call for recognition of vital role in protecting mountain water towers
… towers’ and access to clean water are increasingly threatened by climate change, pollution (from mining, for example) and privatisation. … and ecosystems - for community health and wellbeing, livelihoods, food security and climate adaptation and mitigation, based on customary … Historic UN conference marks watershed moment to tackle global water crisis and ensure water-secure future (PDF) Advancing sustainable …
News, 16 June 2023
Prema Gopalan stands centre stage in an orange sari. Two men present her with a certificate; two others stand behind and applaud.
Prema Gopalan remembered
News, 23 May 2022
People wearing face masks and medical suits
IIED's best of 2020: blogs
… where  experiences from the ground were shared .   An effective crisis response draws on the efforts of many. The government quickly … such as lockdowns and restrictions on social interactions, on the food security of the Vietnamese urban poor , who depend heavily on … be applied to help tackle other global crises, such as the climate emergency. Drawing on lessons from the ground, Huq and Patel …
Article, 22 December 2020
Peasant Seeds: the foundation of food sovereignty in Africa
… and Livelihoods Programme, argues that “Locally controlled agri-food systems and agricultural research allow farmers to manage … unpredictable and sometimes catastrophic change”. Furthermore, “Climate change and the current economic and financial crisis highlight the need for farmers to have direct, sovereign control …
News, 12 February 2009
Transforming agri-food research for citizen participation and the public good
… funded research shapes the choices that are available to farmers, food workers, consumers, and the environments in which they live and … on a workshop held at Terra Preta (PDF 121K) : Forum on the Food Crisis, Climate Change, Agrofuels and Food Sovereignty, 1 - 4 June, 2008, Città … Food and agriculture … Transforming agri-food research for citizen participation and the public good …
Article, 15 July 2009