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The construction of the CCCF Mega Dam in Makueni County, Kenya is an example of local action during a devolved climate finance pilot project (Photo: Japheth Mutuku)
Decentralised model gets climate finance moving
News, 02 December 2016
Moving beyond the preamble to creating a new story at Rio+20
… the main UK parties at the meeting organized by the All Party Group for International Development and the Environment .  Opening the … Mark Simmonds MP called for three key outcomes from Rio+20: A set of sustainable development goals (SDGs), structured around the core themes … a nation’s economy; Increasing the role of the private sector in the sustainable development agenda. None of the other panelists were going …
Insight, 24 May 2012
Are small-scale farmers there to feed themselves and large-scale farmers there to feed the world? Credit: Flickr/Peter Casier
Can small-scale farmers feed the world?
… supplying entire countries. Katarina Eriksson, from the Tetra Laval group, claimed that Kenya built its whole dairy industry with milk … that small-scale farming is more efficient, claiming that small-scale sustainable farming could double food production in less than a decade … more using the same agro-industrial practices, and ensuring that markets reward small-scale farming. To navigate these hurdles, we need a …
Insight, 15 March 2011
A plantation
Q&A: helping communities protect their land rights
… can do this by drafting bylaws that support good governance, sustainable natural resources management and downwardly accountable … are fully familiar with their land rights under law, understand land markets, and have a clear vision for how they want their community to … NGO is allocated time to teach their most successful practices to the group. We emphasise role plays, exercises, and other non-lecture formats …
Article, 27 January 2020
PLA 45 cover
PLA 45: Community-based animal healthcare
… healthcare, participation, and policy: where are we now? The IDL group and Constance McCorkle Community-based animal health workers and … In our own words: investigating disability in Morocco Chris McIvor Sustainable Development Observatories in Manizales, Columbia Luz Estela …
Article, 30 September 2002
Agriculture is crucial to Senegal's economy, employing more than 60% of the population (Photo: Jelle Goossens/vredeseilanden, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Using legal tools to make agribusiness investments more accountable
… and land law requirements if they want to sell on to international markets. Companies applying tighter standards, to strengthen their … is a qualified solicitor and IIED associate focusing on law and sustainable development.   Further resources   Improving accountability …
Insight, 19 June 2017
A street in Beirut.
Stronger Cities Initiative
Article, 31 May 2017
A six-minute film recorded in the Mathare settlement, Narobi, in late April 2015 shows some of the main challenges faced by food vendors living and working inside low-income informal settlements (Image: Paolo Cravero/IIED)
Informal food vendors: urban food security's invisible experts
… is a lack of information. While traditional vending locations such as markets and business districts are well studied, the roles and dynamics … the settlement's livestock keepers in mapping activities and focus group discussions (read the associated blog and briefing paper ). … to  International Labour Organization data (PDF) . To achieve sustainable urban food security, the knowledge and insights from local …
Insight, 24 June 2015
Pastoralists pull water from a well near Denan in the Somali Region of Ethiopia for their camels. (Photo: Andrew Heavens, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Pastoralism and policy training: addressing misconceptions and informing dialogue
Project, 17 December 2012
A woman holds up woven baskets
Nominating your outstanding women in development
… transported from community forests to be sold at national level markets. As local people were saying, if imposed across the country, it … director of Fundación Alternativas, a Bolivian NGO that works on sustainable approaches for food security. The team there works through … made a difference and had an impact – no matter how big or small – in sustainable development? We want to hear your suggestions so we can …
Article, 15 June 2020