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Mad Cows and Bad Berries
… in their social and ecological context. In several instances, a community-based, participatory, systemic process (Adaptive Methodology for …
Publication, 01 January 1999
Non-literate farmer filmmakers help save biodiversity
… The IIED, Deccan Development Society and village-based women's groups called sanghams teamed up to study ways to sustain … of IIED’s sustainable agriculture, biodiversity and livelihoods programme. "In this project, the women felt both respected and empowered … As such, it offers both policy and practical guidance for the programme of work on agricultural biodiversity that the Conference of …
News, 14 May 2008
Crowdsourcing evidence – such as from these food vendors in Fort Portal, Uganda – is vital to foster citizens agency. But you must engage and listen (Photo: Sven Torfinn/Panos Pictures)
Encouraging dialogue and dissent
… of Foreign Affairs, this is part of their new Dialogue and Dissent programme . Backed by the Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Lilianne Ploumen, the programme is based on her belief that "strong civil society organisations make it … we face going forward – climate change, fragile states, migrations – adaptation and innovation from the bottom up will be an essential part …
Insight, 15 March 2016
A farmer in Tattaguine, Senegal benefits from an irrigation project. IIED is advocating for the Green Climate Fund to speed up the process of getting finance to local levels, those who need it most (Photo: Ryan Kendrick Smith, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Q&A: a message to the Green Climate Fund board
Article, 10 October 2016
Delegates at the 4th Session of the Ministerial Monitoring Committee of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in West Africa (Photo: GWI West Africa)
ECOWAS water ministers agree to build fairer dams
… 27 November 2015, and chaired by Senegal's ministry for water. It is based on the 'Guidelines for the development of water infrastructure in … the Swedish International Cooperation Agency (SIDA) through the PAGE Programme of IUCN. For more information on the Global Water Initiative …
News, 16 December 2015
Extreme events like forest fires, droughts and storms threaten sustainable development. (Photo: Global Water Partnership)
How climate change made the development agenda
… the first of their kind – non-technical, story- and experience-based – and they were widely read. Tom Tanner, now a research fellow at … food and farming, disasters, women and conflict, and includes Oxfam programme examples, case studies and references from South Africa, …
Insight, 12 August 2014
Protestors march during UN Climate Talks in Copenhagen.
People power critical for tackling climate change
Insight, 26 November 2012
A woman using a hoe
Q&A: Achieving sustainable intensification of agriculture – decisions and trade-offs
… The UK’s Department for International Development funded the SAIRLA programme to look at sustainable intensification of agriculture in … at household level. Although trade-offs happen at national and community level too, we were specifically trying to answer the research … BA: I think it has to be this: farmers have objectives that are based on their resources, and current development policies are hindering …
Article, 17 February 2020
PLA 37: Sexual and Reproductive Health
… Children and HIV; UK NGO AIDS Consortium  Helping NGO staff (and then community groups) analyse reproductive health & gender issues World Neighbors programme partners in Nepal  Collaborative planning to improve women's … Hobbs and Mary Simasiku Moving beyond the 'KAP GAP'. A community-based reproductive health programme in Eastern Province, Zambia Gill …
Article, 01 February 2000
IIED director Camilla Toulmin speaks in a plenary session on day one of IIED's Fair Ideas event in Rio de Janeiro, June 2012 (Photo: Tom Broadhurst/IIED)
The things that make me proud
… I joined IIED in November 1987 to set up the drylands programme . What was it attracted me to IIED? To be honest, I didn't … fax machine, so there wasn't anyone to communicate with. The drylands programme, which I set up, aimed to reframe the debate about the huge … fairer, more sustainable planet Maintaining a values-driven approach, based on partnership and respect , understanding that you can learn as …
Insight, 22 June 2015