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A man and woman standing in a field
Difficult choices: balancing competing priorities on Burkina Faso farms
… poverty and ensure food security as well as adequate incomes for rural households. The vast majority of poor people in Burkina Faso … particularly in a context of climate uncertainty and change, and has led to rapid population growth in towns and cities in Burkina Faso: the … permit communities and local government bodies to secure and manage community grazing areas in a participatory and consensual way. Stop the …
Article, 26 April 2020
Drying beans
Community protocols can bring real benefits to communities and combat biodiversity loss
… and traditional knowledge are being lost at an unprecedented rate.   Community Protocols provide communities with a vital way forward for … park, including collectives benefiting from gastronomy and ecotourism initiatives, and the production and selling of medicinal plants, … been greatest where the process to develop them has been driven and led by communities themselves, rather than external organisations. (PLA …
Insight, 15 March 2012
Reforestation program in Guatemala (Photo: Enrique Varahona)
Forest and Farm Facility Phase I
… between such producers and their enterprises has tremendous potential for scaling up: policy influence (to secure commercial forest rights); … committee that ensures representatives of local forest family, community and indigenous rights-holder groups take control. FFF Phase I … Ghana, Madagascar and Togo. A knowledge and learning component led by IIED dovetailed with the communication strategy – including a …
Project, 29 May 2014
Example of Volanta pump in use - note pump parts external to mounting - Niger
Global Water Initiative: Niger
Project, 16 February 2018
Farmers carry bottled water to pour on a field of onion crops
Introduction to our work on climate-resilient development
Article, 17 December 2012
Delegates at CBA8 in Nepal travel to Kirtipur Village, Nawalparasi District to see the effects of climate change as part of the pre-conference fields trips (Photo: Kate Wilson/IIED)
Crowd-sourcing ideas to help community-based adaptation finance reach the most vulnerable
… weather events. During this week's 8th international conference on community-based adaptation (CBA8) in Kathmandu we've heard examples from … emerged. First is the fundamental requirement for adaptation initiatives to be both participatory and 'bottom-up'. Many people agreed … surface. As my colleague Shikha Shrestha, from the CARE and WWF-led Hariyo Ban initiative in Nepal asked the session's panel: "Are we …
Insight, 01 May 2014
Group of standing and seated people pose for a photo
CHOICES: community energy in South Africa
… The CHOICES (Community and Household Options In Choosing Energy Services) project in … has been hampered by the unreliability and low capacity of off-grid initiatives, a dilapidated, overstretched coal-based grid network and a … 2025, including renewable energy. What did IIED do? The project was led locally by South Africa-based organisation  OneWorld , supported …
Project, 31 October 2010
Seaweed farming in Nusa Lembongan, Bali, is an example of an alternative livelihood project (Photo: Yeowatzup via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Are "alternative livelihoods" projects effective?
… resort in Raja Ampat, Indonesia is an example of a conservation and community engagement programme . It employs around 120 local people, … debatable whether biodiversity conservation and poverty alleviation initiatives, including alternative livelihoods projects, are successful. … "appropriate measures of success", it asks? This lack of evidence led the IUCN World Conservation Congress to pass a resolution last year …
Insight, 04 February 2014
Esther Msafiri demonstrates using electricity for oil pressing in Njombe region, Tanzania (Photo: Sarah Best/IIED)
Powering local development in Tanzania
… Extending the 'productive use of energy' (PUE) for agriculture and small enterprise offers huge potential for poor … research was conducted in Njombe and Mwanza regions and covered two community-run hydro projects established by NGOs CEFA and ACRA , as well … what operators can do to build demand for energy. The research has led to three key recommendations: 1. Use grant funds to incentivise …
Insight, 24 February 2017
COP22 side events
IIED and partner events at COP22
… and skills in order to improve the current capacity building initiatives beyond the current practice of consultation. The outcomes of … in setting priorities is echoed in other approaches for locally-led resilience building. The event distilled practical ways forward, and … YouTube channel . Related reading: Local climate finance funding community-prioritised adaptation | Decentralising Climate Funds in Mali …
Event, 05 November 2016