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A typical Kenya milk bar. Packaged milk in supermarkets has been found to be no better at meeting food safety standards than raw milk sold from kiosks (Photo: International Livestock Research Institute, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Lessons in informality from Kenya's dairy sector
… Kenya's informal dairy markets are central to the livelihoods, food security and nutrition of the majority of its citizens, … small-scale milk vendors. We looked at the impact on milk vendors, on food safety and on sustainability, with the findings published in the … largest dairy producer. And informal markets more broadly – in agriculture, street vending, forestry and mining – provide jobs and …
Insight, 03 November 2015
Man handing a package to another man. They are all wearing face masks.
Are India’s social protection schemes ‘future fit’?
… using future climate change forecasts that can disaster-proof their agriculture production. IIED is working with national and state level … infrastructure, better seeds and market access from the government’s agriculture and other departments can help farmers increase their income … been tried out successfully by the government by providing subsidised food grain to households under the ‘one nation one ration card’ …
Insight, 09 October 2020
Two women wearing masks hand over a bag to another woman wearing a mask
Q&A: Two years on, blog series maintains its focus – in changing and challenging times
… and the support they need but rarely get Ensuring access to food and reaching those most in need – the focus of ' Feeding all city … others, including two that included the demand “we want greens” when food distribution systems in response to COVID-19 did not include fresh veg or fruit, and Many included new urban agriculture initiatives, such as a blog by Supawut Boonmahathanakorn …
Article, 09 May 2022
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Barter markets: sustaining people and nature in the Andes
… As regulative institutions, Andean barter markets help sustain local food systems and the ecosystems in which they are embedded. Action … for: - giving some of the poorest social groups in the Andes better food security and nutrition;~- conserving agricultural biodiversity … species, ecosystem) through the growing and exchange of native food crops in barter markets;~- maintaining ecosystem services and …
Publication, 01 June 2006
Home workers making bouquets (Photo: Siddharth Agarwal/UHRC)
Addressing risks facing informal workers
… focused on three themes: waste collection and recycling, urban agriculture and food selling, and water access. India In India, we worked with the Urban … to the family income in India, and How women working in peri-urban agriculture in India have to adapt to changing circumstances …
Project, 01 October 2018
People from Kandadji village, which is due to be flooded, meet to discuss resettlement plans (Photo: Jamie Skinner)
Niger hosts forum on securing land rights in irrigated areas
… strategy and in particular for the realisation of national food security in the context of the 3N initiative (les Nigériens … take place at the forum. The forum is organised by the Ministry of Agriculture through the Office National des Aménagements Hydro Agricoles … order to place them at the centre of effective water management and food security policies with the aim of ensuring sustainable and secure …
News, 07 May 2014
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Hivos Provocation Insights 1: Producer agency and the agenda to make markets work for the poor
… work for the poor’. Much of the renewed interest in small-scale agriculture has focused on connecting producers to markets. This … of smallholders — as drivers of rural economic development and food security, as suppliers for agribusiness, as managers of natural …
Publication, 01 February 2011
Baka women collecting non-timber forest products in Nomedjoh, Cameroon (Photo: Indra Van Gisbergen)
Biodiversity: a women’s business?
… use these products to build businesses selling household remedies, food and cosmetics. They use their traditional knowledge to manage the … purposes – the bark is used to make medicine, the fruits for food, and oil is extracted from the seeds for cooking and for use in …
Insight, 29 November 2018
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IIED's best of 2019: publications
… for everything from clean air and water to medicines and secure food supplies. Yet human activities are destroying biodiversity around … empowerment? Research report Private-sector investment in commercial agriculture in low- and middle-income countries has been growing. And … in developing countries where many people depend on fish for their food and nutrition security, livelihoods and wellbeing. Developing …
Article, 23 December 2019
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Public-private partnerships and aid's 'private turn': addressing the investment law dimensions
… to provide public goods and services across different sectors – from agriculture to energy, health, education, and water and sanitation.   … fit with investment law. Take PPP frameworks to develop commercial agriculture. These policy frameworks typically aim to catalyse … levels.  For example, in 2012 the G8/G7 launched the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition to boost agricultural development in Africa. …
Insight, 30 January 2018