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Cover for G00056.pdf
Climate Change And Development Consultation On Key Researchable Issues Section 4: South Asia Region Section 4.2. India Scoping Study
… 4 CLIMATE CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA : AN OVERVIEW 6 AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE 13 WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND …
Publication, 01 January 1970
A dilapidated road is repaired in the West Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya, India (Photo: Rikynti Marwein via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Transforming growth for least developed countries
… play an important role in building a country's economy by providing food to local towns and cities. Farmers must feel confident that if they … for rice and other foodstuffs. They benefit from controlling domestic food markets, often at the expense of local farmers.  Governments need …
Insight, 10 March 2014
Children stand on a dirt road in a village in Burkina Faso.
Global land rush: Contract transparency is crucial, but not enough
… standards and the UN Principles on Responsible Contracts . The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’s Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible …
Insight, 17 April 2013
The Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve in the Andean highlands, Peru (Photo: Karen Podvin)
EbA Evidence and Policy: Peru
… Putting communities in the driver’s seat of NbS for climate resilient food systems ” (in Spanish) held during the CBA 15 International … workshop was organised by the Peruvian ministries of environment and agriculture, with the technical support from the ministry of economy, in … ” organised with the Ministry of Environment (MINAM), the Ministry of Agriculture, the National Agrarian University, TMI, GIZ and IUCN through …
Project, 04 September 2018
Men from Blitar, a city in East Java, Indonesia, sit in a circle on mats.
Climate change communication: 'A' is for audience
Insight, 07 December 2012
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Climate Change And Development Consultation On Key Researchable Issues
… Laurel Murray and Hannah Reid Section 2: Sectoral issues - IIED 2.1. Agriculture and food security - Laurel Murray 2.2. Water resources - Laurel Murray 2.3. …
Publication, 01 January 1970
A woman carries a Nile perch landed at Got Kachola, Kenya, where the NGO Renewable World is establishing community-run energy hubs for fish chilling and other local energy needs (Photo: Sarah Best/IIED)
Four challenges to powering local economies
… are emerging, providing energy for irrigating crops and processing food . But experience shows that an economy does not automatically grow … in specific sectors and sub-sectors, such as small-scale fishing or agriculture. Yet all too often, assessments do not really get to grips …
Insight, 12 September 2016
A goal worth scoring: Lessons from winning football teams can improve the supply chains of commodities that drive deforestation. Credit: Cusia-Inc
Football’s winning ingredients can help forests in Kenya and Tanzania
… Erosion increases. Water supplies change. Pollinators of important food crops – such as bees – decline in number. That means everyone’s …
Insight, 20 March 2014
The 2011 monsoon season brought unusually heavy rains and severe floods to many south-east Asian countries. Thailand was worst affected, with large parts of the Thai capital Bangkok under water (Photo: Chrisgel Ryan Cruz, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Thailand's floods: complex political and geographical factors behind the crisis
… it is estimated that the economic cost of the affected industry and agriculture is at 186 billion baht (around USD $6.2 billion), which … range from: surveying the affected areas organizing relief and food centers providing emergency supplies, tools and food linking up communities that can help each other.   Members of the …
Insight, 02 November 2011
A CCAFS and CIAT participatory photography project in Chiquimula, Guatemala. A framework on how to monitor and evaluate social learning approaches is now available. (Photo: Gian Betancourt/CIAT, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Paper outlines framework to monitor and evaluate social learning approaches
… is a cross-organisation group with strong ties to Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) , IIED and the International Livestock Research …
Insight, 13 February 2015