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Asociacion Andes team
Asociación ANDES: from local potato farmers to global strategies for protecting crop diversity and Indigenous rights
… 1995 Location: Peru Sector:  Biodiversity, Indigenous Rights, Food systems Number of employees:  25, including local experts Website: … Food and agriculture …
Article, 03 August 2022
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Why eat wild meat? Factors affecting the success of alternative protein projects
… in many countries. This threatens both biodiversity conservation and food security. As a result, many NGOs and government bodies have … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 July 2020
A farmer standing in a field holds a mobile phone to her ear
Webinar: Using technology to increase market and finance access for smallholders
… partnerships with progressive private sector actors in commercial agriculture. This webinar, part of the ' Empowering Producers In Commercial agriculture’ (EPIC) project , shared and debated experiences around a … Food and agriculture …
Event, 24 March 2020
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New Hope for Indian Food Security? The System of Rice Intensification
… Rice is the main source of food for more than half the world’s population and its cultivation … Food and agriculture … New Hope for Indian Food Security? The System of Rice Intensification …
Publication, 01 November 2009
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Sustainable Agriculture in Britain: Recent achievements and new policy challenges
… agricultural policy has actively encouraged farmers to produce more food. Farmers have been remarkably successful, using more external inputs to get high outputs of food. But narrow policy goals have brought hidden costs to farmers and … environmentally viable alternative to both industrialised and organic agriculture. …
Publication, 01 January 1993
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Taking stock of smallholder inclusion in modern value chains: ambitions, reality and signs of change
… Food and agriculture …
Publication, 09 September 2022
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Smallholder farming systems in Southwest China: Exploring key trends and innovations for resilience
Publication, 01 March 2016
The logo of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
IIED at the Seventh Session of the Governing Body of FAO Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources
… The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture aims to establish a global system to provide farmers, plant … genetic materials. The treaty was adopted at the conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2001. … Food and agriculture …
Event, 30 October 2017
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Hidden Harvest: The value of wild resources in agricultural systems - A Project Summary
Publication, 01 January 1995
Woman farmer holds a machete to a cocoa plant
Civil society perspectives on the living income differential for cocoa producers
… The webinar was part of  IIED’s Empowering Producers in Commercial agriculture (EPIC) initiative , funded by the   UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)  through its  Commercial Agriculture for Smallholders and Agribusiness (CASA) programme .  EPIC … for locally beneficial and more sustainable investments in commercial agriculture.  …
Insight, 23 August 2021