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Why small towns matter: urbanisation, rural transformations and food security
… urban spaces, people and enterprises and how these affect poverty and food insecurity are all too often overlooked. Small towns are an important but often neglected element of rural landscapes and food systems. They perform several essential functions, from market nodes for food producers and processors to providers of services, goods and …
Publication, 01 March 2017
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Rebalancing power in global food chains through a “Ways of Working” approach: an experience from Kenya
… Food and agriculture … Rebalancing power in global food chains through a “Ways of Working” approach: an experience from …
Publication, 01 August 2019
The Sustainable diets for all programme recognises that people – with their capacity to innovate and power to drive change – must be at the centre of efforts to reshape our failing food systems (Photo: © Mauricio Panozo of Lucano photography. Bolivia, La Paz)
How people are providing evidence, and influencing to get food policies that work for them
… Many of today’s social and environmental problems stem from the food we eat: our diets are making us unhealthy, putting huge burdens on … to the realities of how people – especially the poor – experience food in their daily lives. IIED, Hivos and partners are taking a citizen-led approach to food research and policy-making as part of the Sustainable Diets for All …
Insight, 26 April 2018
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Smallholder agriculture in Africa. An overview and implications for policy
… Smallholder agriculture has long served as the dominant economic activity for people … Food and agriculture … Smallholder agriculture in Africa. An overview and implications for policy …
Publication, 01 October 2014
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Improving policymaking for agricultural and rural development in Africa
… Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 October 2014
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Agroecology and the Struggle for Food Sovereignty in the Americas
… the political, economic, cultural, and ecological dimensions of food sovereignty 2.generate and exchange technically informed and … including farmers and NGOs, working at the intersection of food, agricultural, and environmental issues. The book grew out of a … “Food Sovereignty, Conservation, and Social Movements for Sustainable Agriculture in the Americas”. In the spirit of this unique workshop, the …
Publication, 01 April 2006
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Sustainable agriculture for small-scale farmers in Mozambique - A scoping report
… Mozambique, exploring whether a common understanding of ‘sustainable agriculture’ exists, how this is reflected in policy and practice, and … Food and agriculture … Sustainable agriculture for small-scale farmers in Mozambique - A scoping report …
Publication, 01 March 2015
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Irrigation, food security and poverty – Lessons from three large dams in West Africa
… the governments of the Sahel have committed to combat poverty and food insecurity through a significant increase in the development of … the quality of their management and the persistence of poverty and food insecurity. It also makes recommendations for action and for the … Food and agriculture … Irrigation, food security and poverty – Lessons from three large dams in West Africa …
Publication, 01 December 2017
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Safeguarding Lepcha and Limbu cultural values and worldviews for conservation and sustainable development in the Eastern Himalayas, India
… where Indigenous knowledge and practices effectively combine food production with sustainable development, biodiversity conservation … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 06 August 2021
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Sustainable diets in the informal economy
… Informal food systems contribute to the food and nutrition security of hundreds of millions of people around the … of sustainable diets – which brings together global priorities around food and nutrition security, environmental protection and economic … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 16 October 2020