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Fatima Denton delivers the 2014 Barbara Ward Lecture at the British Library in London in November 2014 (Photo: Julius Honnor/IIED)
2014 Barbara Ward Lecture: Fatima Denton calls for a "new paradigm" for African development
… and this was reflected  in the continent's natural resource depletion Agriculture was poorly integrated with other sectors such as … its pathway to sustainable development, particularly in the domain of food production and security." Governance issues She said that in order … integrating climate change strategies into projects to increase food production. Uganda had been able to use the fact that it was a low …
Event, 20 November 2014
A community-owned Mexican sawmill in Oaxaca (Photo: Duncan Macqueen)
Incendiary observations from the 4th FLARE conference
… here is what stuck out for me: The expansion of  industrial-scale agriculture continues to be the big destroyer of the world’s remaining … especially in Africa, need more land for smallholder subsistence agriculture and wood fuel for cooking (the biggest use of wood by volume … People need to eat – but there are big opportunities to improve food security while also enriching tree cover, as I explain below Mining …
Insight, 22 October 2018
Cover for 17121IIED.pdf
Farms and funds: investment funds in the global land rush
… Investment funds show a growing interest in farmland and agriculture. They are buying up land and agribusinesses in developing … to rising land prices, growing populations and increasing demand for food. While the media has reported extensively on the involvement of …
Publication, 01 January 2012
Provocation 3: Making markets work for the poor - contents and discontents
… Food and agriculture …
Article, 09 March 2011
Members of the Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation learn techniques for building houses on land that is affected by climate-related hazards, including waterlogging. Picture: David Dodman.
12 Christmas crackers from IIED
… briefing paper or read the press release . 2. Urban poverty, food security and climate change This report says policies to increase food security in the global South focus too much on rural food … release . 3. Counting the costs: replacing pastoralism with irrigated agriculture in the Awash Valley, Ethiopia This paper quantifies the …
Article, 27 December 2013
A male shepherdwith a stick leads dozens of sheep winding behind him on a dusty trail
Valuing variability
… sector have largely focused on bringing order and stability to food production systems by externalising the variability of the natural … artificially stable environments for agricultural production and food security at scale has come at great cost. Not only does it … see drylands livelihood systems and our understanding of small-scale food production systems there. …
Article, 17 December 2012
Provocation 2: Rights-based versus market-based development
… Food and agriculture …
Article, 10 February 2011
Lushoto, Tanzania: Farmers are being encouraged to diversify into agroforestry. Here a tree nursery group discusses the challenges and opportunities (Photo: P Kimeli/CCAFS)
Look beyond the trees: the SDGs will have to do more than just 'protect forests'
… vista. Forests provide people's livelihoods, their medicine, heating, food and furniture. Forests help stabilise the planet's climate and … Responsible and sustainable private sector practices Sustainable agriculture and food systems, and integrated water management Negotiated land use …
Insight, 04 November 2014
Women using the Changu Changu Moto Fuel-Efficient Clean Cookstove, Malawi, Africa (Photo: Ripple Africa)
Technologies for sustainable development: mind the gender gap
… poorest countries. Innovations in technology underpin energy access, food production, water security, improvements in health and education – … solar lighting and heating, and energy efficient cook stoves; in agriculture, small-scale irrigation technologies and climate smart … easy and cheap to make, they save time because they’re safe and cook food faster; they require less fuel so less time is spent gathering wood …
Insight, 30 April 2018
A women carries supplies through a flooded street in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, after thousands were displaced following floods in 2014. Studies have shown that, when they are socially or economically disadvantaged, more women die in hurricanes and floods (Photo: United Nations Photo, Creative Comms via Flickr)
Will climate change render the SDGs impossible?
… paper summarised the impacts for each of the SDGs. Basic needs: food, water, and sanitation The new set of 17 SDGs  ranges from those that are critical to tackling poverty – such as health, food security and water – to those affecting natural resources that … may lead to 170 million more undernourished people (PDF) . Impacts on agriculture have a knock-on effect on poverty. Under a scenario with …
Insight, 19 June 2015