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A man sprays disinfectant onto a person's hands
How Dhaka's urban poor are dealing with COVID-19
… blog comes from John Taylor, an urban planner managing FAO's Dhaka Food System project in Bangladesh. During the lockdown John kept up to … across Dhaka were coping with the impacts of the virus – on food prices and food security – through text messages from a close-knit … prevent spread of the virus (Photo: copyright Saikat Mojumder) Urban agriculture grows The lockdown has brought a surge in urban agriculture …
Insight, 01 July 2020
Title screen of the Life beyond maize film
IIED and Hivos film calls for life beyond maize in Zambia
… despite being heavily reliant on maize as its primary source of food. Although government policies aimed at improving access to … not eating nutritious and varied meals.  Despite steady declines in food prices, between 1971 and 2011 calories from fish, eggs, vegetables … ' Life beyond maize ' film shows interviews with Zambian Minister of Agriculture Dora Siliya, a small-scale farmer, and a working family. …
News, 10 October 2017
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Small-scale soya farming can outperform large-scale agricultural investments
… Agriculture is an important engine for economic growth in Africa, but … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 March 2017
Tomatoes and other vegetables on a shelf outside a house
How can farmers in Ethiopia work safe and smart during COVID-19 lockdown?
… area, highly susceptible to crop failure, the project has brought food security to more than 10,000 family members.  I am a senior … at Wollo University and teach rural development courses in the agriculture department. My students and I regularly visit the Kobo … papaya, maize, mung bean and teff – a protein-rich grain and a staple food in Ethiopia. She explained that she grows crops according to the …
Insight, 03 July 2020
Making food systems work for people and planet
… With food hitting the headlines like never before, the International … has launched a web-based publication that describes how to rethink food production and distribution for environmental and social gain. … author Dr Michel Pimbert, who is the director of IIED’s Sustainable Agriculture, Biodiversity and Livelihoods programme. "It is now time to …
News, 06 May 2008
Air balloon photograph of children while mapping Mathare informal settlement, Nairobi.
Mapping for food safety
… helping the community identify and deal with threats to their daily food supplies. The balloon is just one part of a mapping project led by … in the  Urban Zoo project . By creating the first maps to show food kiosks, mobile street vendors and hazards such as rubbish dumps and open sewers, the project is helping ensure that both food and the people who sell it are safe. …
Long read, 21 December 2015
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Chinese agriculture in Africa: perspectives of Chinese agronomists on agricultural aid
… Chinese actors are increasingly engaging in African agriculture. Despite China’s innovative approaches to aid and assertions of comparative advantage in agriculture technologies, experience shows that technologies that have … of more than 160 Chinese agronomists who have spent time implementing agriculture-aid projects in Africa. Although Chinese agricultural aid in …
Publication, 01 January 2017
Rethinking agriculture research to meet people's needs
… initiative comes as a landmark intergovernmental report finds that agriculture must be more ecological and locally relevant to protect … their views in the final reports, however. IIED's project will enable food providers, food workers and consumers to have their say about the kind of food and … Food and agriculture …
News, 14 April 2008
A multi-tiered agroforestry landscape.
How smallholder farmers are scaling up local ecosystem-based climate adaptation solutions
… and additional income. On the middle slopes, diverse and sustainable food production systems in climate-hardy rice paddies and … Food and agriculture …
Insight, 11 April 2024
Man walking through a paddy field, carrying a bucket.
Boosting mental health support for Indian farmers
… Food and agriculture …
Impact story, 22 February 2024