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Taking stock - Uganda Food Change Lab: planning for a sustainable food system in the face of rapid urbanisation
… This document, published in October 2018, describes Hivos and IIED’s Food Change Lab in Fort Portal, Uganda, where the aim was ‘planning for a sustainable food system in the face of rapid urbanisation.’ A food change lab is, in essence, a multi-stakeholder platform with the … Food and agriculture … Taking stock - Uganda Food Change Lab: planning for a sustainable food system in the face of …
Publication, 01 March 2019
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Voices and Flavours from the Earth: Visualising Food Sovereignty in the Andes, Chapter 1
… strong culinary cultures which inspire their actions in defence of food sovereignty. Since June 2008, farmers from three ecological zones in the southern Peruvian Andes have been reflecting upon their food cultures and transforming their ideas into innovative actions related to food sovereignty as part of a global initiative supported by the IIED …
Publication, 01 June 2013
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Indigenous food systems, biocultural heritage and the SDGs: challenges, interdisciplinary research gaps and empowering methodologies
… Indigenous Peoples’ food systems have a critical role to play in addressing the 2030 … to explore the issue further and promote new dialogue on Indigenous food systems. … Food and agriculture … Indigenous food systems, biocultural heritage and the SDGs: challenges, …
Publication, 26 March 2021
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Three pillars for food system change: inclusivity, joint vision and long-term commitment
… Changing the food system, with its many moving parts and multitude of actors, … learning. We’ve documented the results of three initiatives – the Food Parliament in Uganda, the Food Change Lab in Zambia, and the La Paz Food Council in Bolivia – in a … Food and agriculture … Three pillars for food system change: inclusivity, joint vision and long-term commitment …
Insight, 16 July 2020
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Towards food sovereignty: reclaiming autonomous food systems
… and indigenous peoples are the prime movers behind a newly emerging food sovereignty movement. This alternative framework for food and agriculture aims to guarantee and protect people’s space, ability and … Food and agriculture … Towards food sovereignty: reclaiming autonomous food systems …
Project, 27 January 2010
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Putting citizens at the heart of food system governance
… Establishing inclusive governance of food systems — where farmers and other citizens play an active role in designing and implementing food and agricultural policies — is not just a matter of equity or … sustainable livelihoods and environments. And yet, across the world, food system governance is marked by exclusionary processes that favour …
Publication, 01 May 2012
In the distance across a large field of plants, a farmer tends to his crop.
Revisiting smallholder inclusion in modern value chains as a path to sustainable development
Project, 16 August 2022
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Taking stock - Zambia Food Change Lab: mobilising diverse actors to advocate for food diversity
… Food and agriculture … Taking stock - Zambia Food Change Lab: mobilising diverse actors to advocate for food diversity …
Publication, 01 March 2019
Video: Global Food and Farming Futures Foresight report
Video: Global Food and Farming Futures Foresight report
… Godfrey, director of the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food , discuss the Global Food and Farming Futures Foresight report . The report looked at the global food system between now and 2050, issues of supply and demand and … Food and agriculture … Video: Global Food and Farming Futures Foresight report …
News, 30 October 2012
Street food: the debate on food security must adapt to consider how consumption and urbanisation are transforming rural spaces and economies, food systems and food security (Photo: Cecilia Tacoli/IIED)
If food security is the answer, is it time to change the question?
… Food security has been high on political agendas since 2007/08, when food price spikes sparked social unrest, protests and violent revolts in … tackling the problem of food security through investments in agriculture. This did little to improve urban food security. What about … Food and agriculture … If food security is the answer, is it time to change the question? …
Insight, 23 February 2015