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For the first time, IIED has produced a bespoke online annual report (Photo: IIED/We are Tangerine)
2014 annual report: online and in print
News, 11 November 2014
Investment treaties could mean governments bear big financial costs contesting 'land grabs'
News, 09 July 2015
Workshop participants touring the Stone Village in China (Photo: Irene Song)
Mountain peoples call for support to protect traditional knowledge
News, 04 July 2016
Tick tock — it’s the year of forests
… poor will probably not see it that way. Spiralling global demand for food, energy, fibre and water spell trouble for these people’s forests. … . More people mean more pressure on forests to meet our demands for food, fibre, energy and water. Tick. We value ‘stuff’ and think that … 3.9 billion hectares of forests across the world. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization estimate that, between 2000 and 2005, the …
Insight, 22 December 2010
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 20 Applying PRA methods to participatory monitoring and evaluation: report on a course held in El Obeid, Sudan
… Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 January 1994
Women farmers in Dodel, in Northern Senegal, take a break by the water pump (Photo: Philippine Sutz/IIED)
Q&A: Getting women's land rights recognised
… is particularly the case due to the rise of large-scale commercial agriculture for producing commercial crops such as sugar or rice for … on the land.  The second strand relates to enhanced livelihoods and food security. In rural communities, women are often the main food providers. Access to land gives them direct access to water, wood …
Article, 19 March 2018
A man leads a herd of camels with the sun setting behind them.
What’s in a narrative? In policy, everything or nothing
… pastoralism in global narratives about agricultural development, food security, climate change -- the distortion can be so strong that … economies of scale are always good, for instance, might be true for agriculture in a uniform and stable environment. But when resources such …
Insight, 28 September 2012
A member of the Sekonyer community gets ready for a day on the Sekonyer river in Borneo, close to the site of recent conflict between a palm oil company and RSPO member and the local community (Photo: Rainforest Action Network via Creative Commons)
Paving a path towards redressing grievances and holding investors accountable
… people worldwide live on less than $1.25 USD a day, and depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. Many have been badly affected by the … for human rights ", including their rights to their land, food and water.  Large-scale land deals have led local communities to … companies or industry platforms for instance.  The Committee on World Food Security has endorsed voluntary guidelines to promote secure tenure …
Insight, 07 January 2015
Dlonguebougou, is a village of 1,500 people in the commune of N'Koumandougou, on the northern edge in central Mali (Image: Google Maps)
Long-term change in the Malian Sahel: portrait of Dlonguebougou village
Project, 14 August 2017
Slash and burn, pictured in the Mopeia district, Zambezia province, Mozambique, has a noble motive – feeding families - but it is not sustainable (Photo: Isilda Nhantumbo/IIED)
REDD+: missionaries, conservation fortresses and the politics of carbon landscapes in Africa
… areas and on the peripheries of cities, and the biggest suppliers of food are small-scale farmers who see their production dwindling and … delivering more productive and climate-smart solutions on both the agriculture and energy fronts. But we have to want to use past knowledge … will not all be addressed through PFM or CBNRM alone. Commercial agriculture, biomass energy, mining, infrastructure, spreading …
Insight, 23 December 2015