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Algeria unveils its renewable energy strategy; Africa has a "huge appetite for renewable sources of energy that will power its industries" (Photo: Magharebia, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
But, what is the Africa position?
Insight, 28 November 2015
Cover for G02357.pdf
Making community based forest management work
… reside in rural areas. The rural poor use trees for subsistence fuel, food, construction, medicine and income generation. Beyond agriculture, forests provide one of the only resources from which to …
Publication, 01 November 2008
Cover for G03647.pdf
Policy and Institutional Mapping for Small Scale Producers' Participation in Dynamic markets in Indonesia
… Rapid changes are taking place in agri-food markets in middle and low-income countries, including Indonesia. The spread of dynamic modern retailers, wholesalers and food processing businesses is reshaping the way that food systems are governed. Small-scale agriculture, which supports the livelihoods of the majority of rural …
Publication, 01 August 2006
Cover for G04367.pdf
The OWG-11 ‘focus areas’ paper: an IRF2015 review
… the guiding questions and criteria to three focus areas – sustainable agriculture, food security and nutrition; gender equality and women’s empowerment; …
Publication, 01 May 2014
Leaders of the Southern Aberdare Conservation Network (SACN) discussing support from the Forest and Farm Facility (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Taking the brakes off forest farm development in Kenya
… and charcoal, much of it used for cooking, making forestry work is a food security issue. With little public land available, the onus to … Association, the Meru Farm Forestry Association and the Community Food and Environment Group. With support from the Swedish international … FFF is a multi-donor funding programme co-managed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) , the International …
Insight, 11 November 2014
Setting fire to outdated thinking on biomass energy
… energy system), but which are also sensitive to local needs for food and fibre production, and maybe even enhance such production. … landscapes: biomass energy can, but does not need to be produced in food-displacing monocultures — it can be integrated into existing … technologies. And it would emphasise locally controlled forestry and agriculture that balances needs for food, fibre and fuel within …
Insight, 11 April 2011
Rural communities in Kenya are increasingly being affected by climate change, limiting opportunities for development. (Photo: Robin Wyatt)
Development and Climate Days 2018
… and an art exhibit by Karolina Sobecka on Post Production Food. The 1.5°C Climate Cafe transported participants to Haiti, where … farmers, pastors, business women, and young people talking about how food, water, landscape and livelihoods have changed since they were … , IIED ,  Environmental Finance Center West (EFCWest) , the  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) , the  German …
Event, 08 December 2018
The Dolakha FSC-certified community forest user group speaking at the International Forest Connect workshop in Nepal in February 2013 (Photo: Leianne Rolington/IIED)
Focusing support for locally controlled forest enterprise
… the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) focused more on income and food security.  Each member report independently concluded that no one … Connecting to policy Forest Connect is co-managed by IIED, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Center for People and Forests . …
Article, 14 March 2014
Cover for G02340.pdf
Business models that are inclusive of small farmers
… This paper was prepared for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United …
Publication, 01 September 2008
CCAFS, together with partners, is trying to develop new ways to communicate climate change adaptation. Photo: N. Palmer (CIAT)
New ways to communicate climate change and adaptation - is it time for something “loopy”?
… a new discussion in the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and the development of their new strategy to … rethink the way we tackle challenges like climate change and food security. This approach was the focus of a discussion paper by IDS, …
Insight, 19 October 2012