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IIED received some warm responses to a survey on its publications carried out last year (Image: Nick Turner/IIED)
Feeling the love
… interest areas as climate change, natural resource management, food and agriculture and biodiversity – which matches up with high visitor …
Insight, 11 February 2016
Moveable feast: the floating gardens of Bangladesh
… bursts rather than steadily over time. And that spells disaster for agriculture, as crops may fail under the erratic rainfall, or wash away … tomato, okra and turmeric seedlings, they provide household food as well as cash. A global model? The advantages of baira are …
Article, 03 October 2008
Report maps obstacles on the road to sustainable biofuels sector
… leads to competition for water resources or for land used to grow food crops." "We need certification schemes that label biofuels …
News, 26 January 2007
The Up in Smoke coalition is a unique and diverse network of development and environment organisations
Up in Smoke
… climate change in Africa, including increased support for small-scale agriculture, a focus on local needs first, and helping Africa avoid … by climate change also threatens the security and productivity of the food systems upon which Asia’s population depend. Other Worlds are …
Project, 21 August 2008
Participants at the CGIAR Climate Social Learning evidence gathering workshop, including IIED director of communications Liz Carlile (standing) (Photo: CCAFS)
Which factors are key for successful social learning?
Insight, 14 July 2014
Men in Cote d'Ivoire listen to a radio.
Three things that stop development organisations being agents of change
… — are exploring with CCAFS, the Climate Change and Agricultural Food Security research programme of the CGIAR. We have been thinking …
Insight, 23 November 2012
Deforestation in Kalimantan, Indonesia, which has been pledged US$1 billion pledge of REDD+ finance from Norway (Photo: Josh Estey/Aus Aid, via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
What's next for REDD+?
… yields and benefit from sales of surplus produce or even meet their food demands. Combining these benefits with some finance (a premium) for … practical than carbon alone and could work for small or large scale agriculture. Missing markets Something else that's missing is a steady …
Insight, 29 April 2014
A line of Christmas trees. Photo: Brett Flanders (Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Sustainable development requires an infusion of love
… parties and expert evidence to smuggle in their pet themes – food security, water and sanitation, energy, health, gender and so on. …
Insight, 20 December 2013
An association of farmers in northeast Myanmar carries out value chain analysis of elephant foot yam (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Strengthening producer organisations is key to making finance inclusive and effective
… of forests, trees and agroforestry in sustainable development and food security and to address climate change. CIFOR leads FTA in …
Article, 12 March 2019
Sélingué dam in Mali (Photo: Moustapha Diallo)
Doing dams differently can mean development for all
… ousts smallholder farms in a quest for higher yields, "modern" agriculture and national food security. Is it not possible to have inclusive development, and not …
Insight, 30 August 2013