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Climate adaptation: old wine in new bottles?
… in the Rajshahi District, will be ‘reinvestment’ in climate-resilient agriculture. This is essential to ensure communities’ right to food. Agroecological methods can complement conventional approaches, … here in Bangladesh, the country could go a long way towards improving food availability and accessibility and increasing local income. …
Insight, 29 March 2011
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Networking for Sustainable Agriculture: Lessons from animal traction development
… Food and agriculture … Networking for Sustainable Agriculture: Lessons from animal traction development …
Publication, 01 January 1996
Roadside stalls
For street vendors, finding water and toilets isn’t just a nuisance, it’s cutting into earnings
… and may also bring their children, who often accompany them to work. Food sellers are overwhelmingly female, and these vendors particularly … charges (another R3 to R10 per drum). That also means that female food-sellers are unequally burdened with WASH-related costs of … Food and agriculture …
Insight, 12 August 2019
A Potato Park farmer in Peru leads the Potato Guardians collective (Photo: Adam Kerby)
Return of potatoes from CIP to Andean farmers proves critical for climate adaptation
… and diseases, making it difficult to grow potatoes, their staple food.   The effects of these temperature changes are very pronounced in … crop failure – if disaster strikes, the farmers will always have food. This strategy to reduce risk comes from their ancestors. The … high yielding modern varieties." This provides important lessons for agriculture officials and scientists gathering at the UN 20th Conference …
News, 27 November 2014
COP20 begins in Lima, where negotiators have gathered to discuss action to tackle global climate change (Photo: Kate Wilson/IIED)
IIED at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP20)
… to co-host a side event looking at the extent to which commercial agriculture can address deforestation and emissions from land use and … event examined the impacts of climate change on mountain livelihoods, food and ecosystems, and identify strategies for effective Community … of organisations and individuals involved in D&C Days. Seminar on food and nutrition security, agriculture and climate change  Seminar …
Event, 01 December 2014
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Workshop: Mountain CBA
… will examine the impacts of climate change on mountain livelihoods, food and ecosystems, and identify strategies for effective Community … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 November 2014
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Economie politique autour des grands barrages Le cas du barrage de Bagré, Burkina Faso
… Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 November 2014
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Alternatives to land acquisitions: Agricultural investment and collaborative business models
… have witnessed a renewed interest in private-sector investment in agriculture. Some have welcomed this trend as a bearer of new livelihood … rights to land, water and other natural resources; threats to local food security; and, more generally, the risk that large-scale …
Publication, 01 November 2010
Report warns of ways climate change threatens food security of urban poor
… also the systems that people use to transport, store and buy and sell food. "Food security is back on the agenda thanks to rising prices and the … lead author Dr Cecilia Tacoli. "But policies that focus on rural food production alone will not tackle the rising food insecurity in … Report warns of ways climate change threatens food security of urban poor …
News, 28 March 2013
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Will Farmer Participatory Research Survive in the International Agricultural Research Centres?
Publication, 01 January 1994