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Indigenous Peoples call for recognition of vital role in protecting mountain water towers
… and ecosystems - for community health and wellbeing, livelihoods, food security and climate adaptation and mitigation, based on customary …
News, 16 June 2023
People squatting before plant beds
We also want greens in our meals: community gardens in the Philippines
… I live, and its pioneering savings groups were formed and managed by waste-pickers who lived in the slums surrounding the mountainous garbage … Food and agriculture …
Insight, 27 July 2021
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The economic impact of floods and waterlogging on low-income households: lessons from Indore, India
… and equitable basis. Access to amenities such as water, electricity, food, drainage, sewerage systems, solid waste disposal, healthcare and transportation are key to the smooth …
Publication, 01 June 2016
A group of people pointing to a bucket
Emerging lessons from community-led COVID-19 responses in urban areas
… by improving handwashing facilities (see video below) and delivering food parcels . To address rising hunger, community kitchens proliferated … . In Bangkok, cupboards were left on pavements to be filled with food (‘ community pantries’ ) that residents could take for free.  When … (WIEGO) , many informal labourers are ‘essential workers,’ including waste-pickers and street vendors selling affordable foods. Informal …
Article, 25 June 2020
Man walking next to rail tracks covered by weeds
How can local urban priorities connect with responses at global level to the climate crisis?
Insight, 26 October 2022
The sale of matoke in a market near Fort Portal, Uganda: green growth planning must take account of the informal economy (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Does green growth miss the majority?
… growth there is little or no mention of the informal sector. From food sellers on the streets of Cairo and networks of waste workers in India, to artisanal miners in Peru and charcoal … of Cairo, Egypt, in the 1940s. In the 1980s they turned to recycling waste in the city by acquiring facilities for recycling plastic, paper …
Insight, 18 February 2016
Green beans stacked into in a cardboard box
Rebalancing power in the Kenya-UK green bean value chain
… supplying green beans to Flamingo Horticulture; Hazel Culley, senior food sustainable product and raw material manager at M&S; and Tom Wills, … The retailer changing order patterns and package sizes to reduce food waste, resulting in more income for the farmers, and The exporter … Food and agriculture …
Insight, 09 September 2019
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 … and contributions to water pollution (PDF) , particularly from animal waste. The loss of biodiversity - of particular concern in the Amazon … has a direct and indirect negative impact on livelihoods and food security in the developing world. While meat may be cheap at the …
Insight, 07 October 2010
Woman walking through a vegetable garden. A pond behind her.
D&C Days 2021: five pathways for adaptation, resilience and action
… On this page 1. Building resilient agriculture and food systems 2. Early warning, early action to leave no one behind 3. … debated topics on our five themes: Building resilient agriculture and food systems Early warning, early action to leave no one behind … and insurance; climate-friendly diets; and reducing food loss and waste at farm and business levels.   There is a need to strengthen flows …
Article, 12 November 2021
Three men look out over a pond
China in the world
Article, 01 August 2019