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Women preparing tapioca
Tapioca tech in Togo – how producers are organising to transform lives and land
… improve fertility, and the agroforestry system provides a basis for sustainable subsistence – at least if populations do not grow too much … packaging that would enable access to higher value, but more distant, markets in urban supermarkets.  Business incubation: nurturing growth … countries. Participants from Togo included CTOP and women producer group RENAFAT.  Within Togo, a national kick-off workshop has been …
Insight, 05 February 2020
A vegetable seller with a food truck peels a cucumber
Urban poor community voices take to the stage at the World Urban Forum
… of the ' new urban agenda ', the UN's 20-year roadmap for achieving sustainable urban development. Cities can bring unparalleled opportunity … the grassroots that global agendas often overlook. IIED supported a group of community leaders from urban poor communities in Nepal and … set out how skyrocketing food prices, poor quality produce in food markets and inadequate basic services are leaving urban poor …
Insight, 19 February 2020
Food security in 2050: how can we make it fairer and more sustainable?
… Challenges and Choices for Global Sustainability . I was part of a group of ‘lead experts’, chaired by zoologist Charles Godfray, that was … to regional studies of climate impacts. Our task as the lead expert group has been to sift through this mass of documents and derive clear … and practice we need to make global food security fairer and more sustainable. …
Insight, 03 February 2011
Deforestation and fire ravage a forest area in Uganda (Photo: Paul Hatanga)
Random trials in Uganda to show if payments for ecosystems services really work
Insight, 10 March 2014
Woman selling vegetables
Agricultural contracts and farmer agency: a shift in perspective
… On the other hand, informal transactions in local to regional markets account for the bulk of staples trading. These transactions can … based on their own priorities. Blind spots as regards informal markets render invisible many farmers’ main market channels and options. … decisions and private sector conduct for locally beneficial and more sustainable investments in commercial agriculture. …
Insight, 16 May 2021
New Community Forest Instructions give communities rights to commercially sell timber and non-timber forest products, such as such as rattan and honey (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Forest rights create new livelihoods in Myanmar
… In 2015, MONREC established a Community Forestry National Working Group and a Community Forest Unit, tasked with transferring 918,000 … in product design has further helped the association access new markets for baskets, fish traps, chairs and sunshades.  The power of … 'Forest users to producers: scaling up FFPOs business to implement Sustainable Development Goals in climate resilient landscapes', …
Insight, 05 December 2017
Wetlands are one of the most under-valued ecosystems. Japan's wetlands provide a habitat for many species of fauna and flora (Photo: Tanaka Juuyoh, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Want to convince politicians why they should protect the environment? Talk like an economist
… wetland Back in 2006, when I was based in Japan, I joined a voluntary group striving to protect the Haso Wetland in Inuyama City, Aichi – just … ) is a senior researcher in environmental economics in IIED's Sustainable Markets Group . … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 15 April 2015
Many flags
IIED and partner events at COP25
… These investments can make an important contribution towards the Sustainable Development Goals. However, developing and financing dams in … Date: Thursday, 5 December 2019 Venue : UK Pavilion Hosted by: LDC Group, AOSIS As a critical year for accelerated action this side event … The role of finance in supporting sustainable development in emerging markets – focus on hydropower Pavilion event Date: Thursday, 5 December …
Event, 02 December 2019
A data collector speaks to a householder.
Helping Indigenous communities secure land rights in Nepal
… number of Dalits , the most discriminated against and disenfranchised group in Nepal. Because of their status, Tharu people and Dalits often … Sustainable markets …
Article, 18 December 2020
Commercial logging in Tengchong, China. Photo: Simon Lim
Supporting locally-controlled forest enterprises
… forest enterprises lack the power to get a fair deal in markets or to improve the business environment in their favour. A core … indigenous and family foresters — the Three Rights-Holders’ Group — to promote investing in locally-controlled forestry at a global … Sustainable markets …
Article, 11 September 2013