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Two rice terraces with a small forest growing between them in Nepal.
Nepal: Forestry and agriculture and the story of their fake divorce
… buffalo.   Agroforestry is the mainstay of the country’s economy with agriculture and forestry together contributing 32 per cent of the … . In rural areas livestock-rearing, forest product collection and agriculture go hand in hand. Yet, despite this ancient, obvious and … management. FFF intends to work in rural areas where household food insecurity and poor nutrition are major concerns, there is a …
Insight, 18 July 2013
The Potato Park, Peru, which hosted a previous meeting of the International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (Image: IIED)
Mountain communities rebuild diverse, climate-resilient crops
News, 06 October 2015
Cover for 14635IIED.pdf
Mountain Communities Workshop on Climate Change and Biocultural Heritage
… sites in each community, using a ‘walking workshop’ methodology. Food festivals and cultural exchanges were held in the evenings where … communities in the last 30 years, bringing many challenges for food production. It highlighted the critical importance of indigenous … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 October 2014
You are what you (m)eat
… effects of large-scale animal protein production: The diversion of food production for animal feed, which plays a role in driving demand … has a direct and indirect negative impact on livelihoods and food security in the developing world. While meat may be cheap at the … are overweight or obese. This is despite the fact that current world food production could feed the 6.3 billion people on Earth if …
Insight, 07 October 2010
A group of people holding a tree seedling
Harnessing the power of bees to benefit forest and people
… forest lands from further degradation. Nonetheless, the demand for food and raw materials from a soaring population – now reaching nearly … Food and agriculture …
Insight, 26 March 2020
Cover for 6139IIED.pdf
Participatory Monitoring and Impact Assessment of Sustainable Agriculture Initiatives: An introduction to the key elements
Publication, 01 January 1998
The author with cocoa farmers in Ghana. Farmers on average receive 3 per cent of a chocolate bar price and many are dependent on a single commodity for their livelihoods (Photo: Marisa Camargo)
Zero deforestation supply chains: promoting sustainable chocolate
Insight, 16 September 2015
Cover for 9006IIED.pdf
Políticas Públicas y Agricultura Campesina: Encuentros e Desencuentros
… Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 January 2000
Cover for 17278IIED.pdf
The social relations of agrarian change
… Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 February 2015
Cover for 6362IIED.pdf
Internal Resources for Sustainable Agriculture
… to buy time while working to control population and further develop agriculture and industry (Francis and Harwood, 1985). But the majority … Food and agriculture … Internal Resources for Sustainable Agriculture …
Publication, 01 January 1988