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Loss and damage from climate change has pushed Sierra Leoneans far beyond their ability to adapt
… one example among thousands of how climate change is threatening our food security. The sea rises, the rains come, disease follows When the … Farmers and gardeners are using mixed cropping techniques to boost food production. Most farmers are now using enhanced seedlings that are …
Insight, 02 December 2020
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Mapping out global biomass projections, technological developments and policy innovations
… these laudable goals, there has also been great concern about food security due to competition for agricultural land providing …
Publication, 01 December 2010
A batch of palm oil fruit bunches in Borneo. Demand for palm oil is set to double by 2030. (Photo: Rainforest Action Network)
Reducing forest footprints
… Global demand for food, wood products, biofuels and other agricultural products drives the …
Project, 12 September 2013
Children using water pump in Burkina Faso
Global Water Initiative: Burkina Faso
… Water for agriculture (2013-17) Context Over 80% of the population is dependent on agriculture Smallholders grow rice but there are virtually no commercial … to 54 900 hectares. The dam's irrigation objective aims to address food security for the local and national population. Traditional cereal …
Project, 16 February 2018
A photo of a man addressing a conference, pictured through the heads of those listening
Leading on nature: can the new Secretary of State deliver bold action on environment and poverty?
Insight, 31 May 2019
The British Library will host the 2014 Barbara Ward Lecture, with guest speaker Dr Fatima Denton (Photo: Wikipedia Commons licence)
2014 IIED lecture: Let's rewrite the narrative on Africa and climate change
News, 07 October 2014
Group photo Guinea
Global Water Initiative: Guinea
… Context Agriculture accounts for 25% of GDP Large-scale irrigation is not … staple crop GWI focus dam: Fomi (in final planning stages) Water for agriculture (2013-17) We drew lessons from existing dams with hydropower … livelihoods of local communities and contribute to local and national food security particularly in the Office du Niger in Mali, and The …
Project, 16 February 2018
Tackling the trade law dimension of ‘land grabbing’
… have been an important driver of large land deals for plantation agriculture in Africa and Asia. Many land deals target food demand from rising urban middle classes in host countries. But much … flex crops ’ like oil palm, soy and sugarcane — which can be used for food, feed, fuel or industrial purposes. This situation creates …
Insight, 14 November 2013
Clearing forest for a palm oil plantation in Borneo (Photo: Rainforest Action Network, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Commodity cycles, economic treaties and pressures on land rights
… drive pressures on land, for example in West and Central Africa . The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations projects that global … and Public-private partnership ambitions to promote commercial agriculture in low- and middle-income countries could create …
Insight, 25 May 2016
Women using hoes in a crop field in Kilosa, Tanzania.
Blog series probes principles: what works for women’s land rights?
… livelihoods for most women and men in rural Africa. It is central to food production and income generation. For women, given their prominent role in food production, rights to access and control over land is crucial. Over … increased due to many factors including the development of commercial agriculture, climate change, urbanisation and population growth. …
Insight, 15 October 2020