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Where to find IIED and partners at COP28: event listing
… will be locally led adaptation and finance for climate and nature, food systems and farming, and supporting negotiators from the least … Food and agriculture …
Event, 30 November 2023
The rich agro-biodiversity of the Eastern Himalayas (Photo: Nawraj Gurung)
Unmissable opportunity to build food security and reduce GHGs at Paris COP
… The global food system produces about 25 per cent of GHGs, of which around half comes from food production and the rest from processing, transport, packaging and land use change to agriculture . Climate change is already having a negative impact on … Food and agriculture … Unmissable opportunity to build food security and reduce GHGs at Paris COP …
News, 12 February 2015
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People centred advocacy for a more sustainable food system
… to ensure that citizens have voice and choice in relation to the food they eat is vital. However, food systems are complex and many actors help shape and influence them … levels. By lobbying from the grassroots up, systemic changes to food systems can be made in order to address local and national … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 April 2018
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中国农业可持续发展的多元化路径
… Chinese agriculture today faces major environmental challenges, from … with the dramatic depopulation of rural areas and high-profile food safety scares, these challenges are prompting the emergence of a growing movement towards sustainable agriculture, witnessed by the rise in ecological farms, organic farmers’ …
Publication, 01 December 2015
People planting vegetables and trees.
Rubbish dump turned lush urban farm
… hotel rooms – were out of work and struggling to feed their families. Food donations from local groups helped a little, but the situation was … government. These community gardens have improved nutrition, lowered food expenses and built greater self-sufficiency among some of the … Chiang Mai Homeless Network, kids and teachers from nearby schools, agriculture students from the local university and families who want to …
Insight, 03 December 2020
Peasant Seeds: the foundation of food sovereignty in Africa
… book contains a transcript of the ‘ Bamako Declaration ’ - a call for agriculture, agricultural research and markets that reflect the needs of … and Livelihoods Programme, argues that “Locally controlled agri-food systems and agricultural research allow farmers to manage … know-how in order to design sustainable, resilient agricultural and food systems”. The Bamako Declaration states that one way of promoting …
News, 12 February 2009
An African man makes a speech in front of a banner in Chinese
Our previous work on China
… and research institutions and African stakeholders in both the agriculture and forestry sectors, and Deepening knowledge and … in African Agriculture ' and ' Chinese agriculture goes global: food security for all? '   China-Africa Forest Governance project: … . Read ' Chinese migrants in Africa: facts and fictions from the agri-food sector in Ethiopia and Ghana ' and 'Jumping into the sea: ' Chinese …
Article, 01 August 2019
Local farmers harvesting tea leaves. They are wearing baskets for collecting the leaves on their backs.
Water stewardship – the critical need to account for water use and enable access for all
… shortage affects productivity in many parts of Malawi, leading to food and livelihood insecurity, to the point where some communities are … Chinangwa outlined all that his members do to use sustainable agriculture practices: leaving prunings on the soil surface for …
Article, 19 March 2025
Women community leaders maintaining the local nursery in Colombia
IIED at CBD COP16
… and joined pavilion events. COP16 will reconvene at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization headquarters in Rome for Parties to find …
Event, 25 February 2025
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The rehabilitation of agricultural input subsidies?
… Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 September 2014