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Cover for G02784.pdf
Making agricultural research work for small farmers and agroecological approaches in West Africa
… of recent farmer deliberations on the governance and priorities of food & agricultural~research in West Africa. … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 June 2010
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Transformation for food sovereignty: transforming knowledge and ways of knowing (Part III: Chapter 7)
… The multimedia publication is the latest in a series called Towards Food Sovereignty: Reclaiming autonomous food systems, which explores equity and sustainability in the food and agriculture sector through text, photos, animations and video and audio … Food and agriculture … Transformation for food sovereignty: transforming knowledge and ways of knowing (Part III: …
Publication, 01 May 2009
Harvesting paddy fields
Ensuring small holders aren't squeezed out of agricultural investments
… opened borders and cut business taxes; or the New Vision for Agriculture , an initiative backed by the world's largest food and agriculture companies. In one of the NVA pilot countries, … a means towards other national goals such as poverty reduction or food security. There is strong evidence to show that small farm …
Insight, 06 December 2012
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Sustainable Diets for All: harnessing citizens’ voices for a diverse, healthy, fair and green food system
… fair and green. The position document outlines why the current food system is not working, how Hivos and IIED are putting consumer and producer voices and choices at the heart of food systems, and how they plan to achieve this. The methodologies of citizen-generated evidence and Food Change Labs are explained in detail. Readers furthermore gain an …
Publication, 01 March 2019
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Sustainable agriculture in China
… Food and agriculture … Sustainable agriculture in China …
Publication, 01 April 2015
Food security in 2050: how can we make it fairer and more sustainable?
… last week of the UK government’s Foresight report on the Future of Food and Farming: Challenges and Choices for Global Sustainability . I … from analyses of population projections to economic models of future food prices to regional studies of climate impacts. Our task as the lead … tropics while more northerly areas will see longer growing seasons. Agriculture and the broader food system produce a lot of greenhouse …
Insight, 03 February 2011
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SITAM - Sustainable intensification: trade-offs for agricultural management (inception workshop report)
… pro-poor approaches for scaling up sustainable intensification of agriculture that recognises farmers’ perceptions of synergies and … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 August 2016
An example of crops grown through no-till farming in Western Australia (Photo: Bill Crabtree)
Spreading the word about the no-till agricultural revolution
… degradation is a serious environmental problem that poses a threat to food production and rural livelihoods. It reduces agricultural … an estimated US$40 billion annually worldwide according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, without taking into account the hidden costs … Food and agriculture …
Insight, 31 March 2014
A Zambian farmer in his maize field. The overdependence on maize is having a negative impact on diets in Zambia (Photo: Wesley Wakunuma)
Promoting diversity on the farm – and the plate
… And it is precisely the predominance of maize in the Zambian diet and agriculture which is at the heart of the problem.   The eclipse of local … on Zambian farms and in local diets is the dilemma that our Zambia Food Change Lab seeks to address. This lab, convened by Hivos and IIED, … process that aims to better understand specific issues in the Zambian food system, build coalitions of stakeholders, generate ideas for …
Insight, 05 June 2017
A view over a forest
Truly transformative change is key to combating the biodiversity crisis
… services in sub-Saharan Africa. This has included hosting the SNAPP Food and Forest in Africa Working Group and, more recently, a project in … and Democratic Republic of Congo .  Across Africa the expansion of agriculture is the primary direct driver of the loss of natural forests … for ecosystem services within an ecological system, for example, food production as a provisioning service versus climate change …
Insight, 30 June 2020