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Local community-based funds can help farmers in climate-sensitive areas to diversify. Mercyline Atieno got a loan for her poultry business in Kenya (Photo: T.Muchaba/CCAFS, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Now is the time to ensure GCF finance reaches the local level
Insight, 03 April 2017
COP24 will take place in Katowice's landmark congress centre and exhibition hall (Photo: Umkatowice, Creative Commons via Wikipedia)
IIED and partner events at COP24
Event, 02 December 2018
Cover for 17171IIED.pdf
The role of local government in urban food security
… infrastructure and waste management. Local governments’ support to community-led initiatives to improve food access and safety can greatly reduce food …
Publication, 01 September 2013
Workers in a tea plantation. (Photo: Anil Wadghule, Creative Commons via Flickr)
How to support small-scale farmers in negotiations with agribusiness
… A new initiative led by IIED is generating lessons on how rural producers, their …
Event, 16 April 2018
An empty street in Barikab, Kabul, Afghanistan
Researching displacement: how do we know we are asking the right questions?
… in Ethiopia. Panel meetings with experts in all research locations led to significant improvements to the survey. Bridge building between … alone, dies alone’. At times of hardship, no one assists a person who led a solitary life. Thus, a person should live in harmony with others.” …
Insight, 19 April 2021
A dam
FutureDAMS
Project, 09 January 2020
Cover for 17579IIED.pdf
Multiple Pathways: case studies of sustainable agriculture in China
… pathways towards sustainable agriculture. From uncertified small community-led farmers’ associations and remote sheep-rearing societies which … large certified organic companies with national distribution, these initiatives illustrate the diverse alternative models of agriculture …
Publication, 01 December 2015
A fisher in a boat in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar
Carrots and sticks: incentives to conserve hilsa fish in Myanmar
… a transboundary hilsa fisheries management plan.   Through research led by scientists from Yangon University, the project improved … management system. Although COVID-19 and recent political events have led to many uncertainties in Myanmar, this project has created an … by the recommended closed seasons, and generated support at the community level. With this local ownership, the recommended reforms …
Project, 30 October 2017
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IIED's pro-poor gorilla tourism project shortlisted for major award
News, 29 October 2018
A woman looks down at a mobile phone in her hand.
Using digital technology to scan potential for change in sustainable development
… and sustainable development; digital, climate finance and community empowerment; and digital horizon scanning for sustainable … focused on identifying the issues that people care about most.   This led to an assessment of digital users’ perceptions of beneficial land …
Project, 24 August 2022