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The morning fish auction at Mumbai's Ferry Wharf. Thousands of boats fish along the coast, putting acute pressure on fish stocks (Photo: lecercle, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Shaking the money pot to protect nature
… and reduce the cost of water extractions for irrigation, leading to waste, reduced water tables and increased water salinity. India's … for an end to perverse subsidies. Fertiliser subsidies (PDF)  for food production, such as cereal crops, has been linked to soil … or reducing such subsidies, introducing water pricing or taxing waste are often rejected on the grounds of their impacts on the poor. …
Insight, 25 July 2017
Group of people wearing green T-shirts pose for a picture.
Prakriti Resources Centre: climate change policy and action in Nepal
Article, 30 March 2022
Baka women collecting non-timber forest products in Nomedjoh, Cameroon (Photo: Indra Van Gisbergen)
Biodiversity: a women’s business?
… use these products to build businesses selling household remedies, food and cosmetics. They use their traditional knowledge to manage the … purposes – the bark is used to make medicine, the fruits for food, and oil is extracted from the seeds for cooking and for use in … produce vermicompost – where worms are used to turn organic waste into high quality compost – and practice organic cultivation. SEWA …
Insight, 29 November 2018
A typical Kenya milk bar. Packaged milk in supermarkets has been found to be no better at meeting food safety standards than raw milk sold from kiosks (Photo: International Livestock Research Institute, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Lessons in informality from Kenya's dairy sector
… Kenya's informal dairy markets are central to the livelihoods, food security and nutrition of the majority of its citizens, … small-scale milk vendors. We looked at the impact on milk vendors, on food safety and on sustainability, with the findings published in the … ability to judge the quality of milk from suppliers, leading to less waste. The training also encouraged vendors to add value to their milk …
Insight, 03 November 2015
Women selling fish in Nyakrom, Central Ghana. The food economy is the largest informal sector in West Africa (Photo: aripeskoe2, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Green grows the informal economy
… farmers, forest workers, artisanal miners, furniture makers, waste pickers and street vendors, and more.  Worth US$175 billion, the food economy is the largest informal sector in West Africa. Artisanal … should be to support informal workers to self-organise. From the waste pickers in Colombia that have won government waste contracts to …
Insight, 10 March 2016
Quechua woman
Here's why Indigenous economics is the key to saving nature
… are also characterised by circular agriculture models, which minimise waste and carbon emissions. The separation of people and nature … linked with science, the Potato Park communities have ensured food security despite severe climate change impacts and the COVID-19 … It is not too late to reform the leadership structure for the  UN Food Systems Summit  in September 2021, so that representatives of poor, …
Insight, 12 April 2021
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Turning green the strategic way: the role and potential of strategic environmental assessment in securing a green economy
… climate change and low-carbon growth; sustainable transport; waste management, water and sanitation; ecosystems and sustainable use of biodiversity; sustainable agriculture/food production and supply; green energy and trade. It also discusses …
Publication, 01 May 2013
ON AIR: a local farmer joins a broadcaster in the studio of KRC.FM (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Radio and text messages keep farmers in the loop in Rwenzori
… to life through a radio drama series . "We learn a lot about food production through the radio, but if you don't have ways of storing your food, your harvest is wasted," explained Fatuma. "Tell me and I listen" … Food and agriculture …
Insight, 19 March 2015
Smoked fish is a delicacy in Cameroon (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Protecting Cameroon's forests: a fishy business?
… maximum heat and optimise the smoke generated.  Household kitchen waste replaced mangrove wood, creating an alternative smoke-rich fuel. … are now widely available, bringing some impressive results: kitchen waste now accounts for 30 per cent of the energy for fish smoking, … that favours community forest enterprises serves both. Many local food and cosmetic products have been traded for millennia across these …
Insight, 28 July 2017
Esilalei, Tanzania: Teresia Olotai uses a refrigerator plugged into a solar powered micro-grid. Delivering energy access in rural Tanzania could help transform local economies (Photo: Morgana Wingard, USAID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
How energy can generate growth in Tanzania's rural economy
… refrigerate their produce while searching for markets. This reduces waste caused by poor storage and can significantly increase profit … for rural communities. Examples given were using solar power to dry food to reduce post-harvest losses, and small-scale food processing such as oil pressing, juice blending and milling. …
Insight, 21 September 2017