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A woman miner holds a rough red garnet found at a mine in Tanzania. Tanzania's artisanal and small-scale miners are fuelled by determination and the hope to strike it big (Photo: Magali Rochat)
Four lessons on communicating ASM stories of change
… disagreement and low levels of trust abound in the ASM sector. At IIED, we believe that one of the antidotes to this troubling situation … sorely lacks accurate and reliable information. This includes data about geology, land availability, licensing, access to finance and good … sobre buenas prácticas. Aunque esta información existe, por lo general es difícil acceder a ella. Una y otra vez escuchamos que existen …
Insight, 17 October 2017
A man stands behind an electricity generator
Energy literacy for all? Cracking the very hard 'soft side' of energy development
… is that even champions of energy access feel rather shy to shout about it at times. It sounds woolly and anodyne; typical development … Far from it: there are endless initiatives or institutes – including IIED – involved in information-sharing, connecting and training people … people? Do we know what works? A recent report from Norway's Auditor-General to the parliament on Norway's clean energy aid spending in …
Insight, 22 September 2014
Woman walking through a vegetable garden. A pond behind her.
D&C Days 2021: five pathways for adaptation, resilience and action
…   There is a need to strengthen flows of learning, knowledge and funding on inclusive, resilient and sustainable food systems. This need … that will contribute to climate resilience. Worldwide, only about 18% of cities with a population of more than one million have … (RCCC) , International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED),  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) ,  …
Article, 12 November 2021
Agricultural biodiversity in a Peruvian market. Photo: Bioversity International/A. Camacho
Building resilient food systems
… and advocating for fairer policies and their implementation. Read about some of the projects we have worked on below. Designing resilient … a collaborative research and communications programme coordinated by IIED in Africa, China, the Andean region of Latin America and the …
Project, 14 August 2013
A farmer near Bagré dam in Burkina Faso dries paddy rice (Photo: Barbara Adolph/IIED)
Seven papers unpick debates on African agriculture and rural development
… raise the profile of family farming and smallholder farmers. There is general agreement that family farming plays important roles in … debate and contested recommendations. A new form of Afro-optimism IIED, the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and the Institute of … or support the growth of the rural non-farm economy? and What about agroecology and food sovereignty? Our new papers shed light on …
Insight, 15 October 2014
Participants at the third China-Africa Forest Governance Learning Platform meeting in Beijing (Photo: Simon Lim/IIED)
China-Africa Forest Governance Learning Platform puts focus on business solutions
… is available to download (PDF) , while presentations are available on IIED's SlideShare platform , as follows: Why Africa's forests are … in improving timber trade and investment legality Wang Shaofang, general secretary of the Shanghai Timber Industry Association described … programme director, InFIT Programme , summarised a group discussion about how Chinese guidelines and future policies regarding land-use …
News, 14 February 2017
Evelyne Flora Latabu shaking a bowl of grains.
The Ugandan diet: food voices and choices
… healthier lives. These food voices identify education, and training about the importance and nutritional value of indigenous and traditional … eat and it doesn't require much space to grow them.” For farmers in general, she believes that access to good quality seeds, and knowledge … and market actors. The programme is coordinated by Hivos and IIED, and is funded by the Dutch government. In Uganda the programme is …
Insight, 24 October 2019
The Mercato in Addis Ababa is Africa's largest market. This month there was another major gathering in Addis Ababa as thousands of politicians, policymakers and civil society leaders came together for the third Financing for Development summit (Photo: alvise forcellini, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Why universality is a taxing agenda…
… the myriad side events, and a welcome chance to see at first hand IIED's work to support Ethiopia's climate-resilient green economy … – the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the UN General Assembly in September, and the Paris climate conference (COP21) … from the last FFD conference at Monterrey which was much more about transferring resources from rich to poor countries.   This shift …
Insight, 20 July 2015
Tanzania: participatory training events for small-scale farmers can introduce the concept of climate change and help farmers identify which crops could work well in their area (Photo: Cecilia Schubert/CCAFS)
From knowledge to action – how top down training is driving bottom-up resilience in Tanzania
… piloting approaches for more climate resilient planning, supported by IIED and Hakikazi Catalyst . Now, as in 2009, cash-strapped district … they directly address climate change issues, while O&OD is very general and does not necessarily identify adaptation needs. This project … farmers and pastoralists to make climate-smart decisions about their livelihoods. The agency is now planning to incorporate …
Insight, 09 March 2015
Mpugu Parish borders Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (top right). Photo: Andrew Kirkby
Maps reveal what motivates people to take resources from flagship national park
… Bwindi is in south-west Uganda and is home to 400 mountain gorillas — about half of the world’s population. Each day tourists pay hundreds of … working with the Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation (ITFC) and IIED to collect data on where and how the poachers live. With this … appear in both academic journal articles and in resource book that IIED is developing for conservation and development workers in Uganda. …
Insight, 09 October 2013