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Smallholder innovation for resilience (SIFOR)
… For centuries, small-scale farmers and indigenous people have developed new tools and strategies to cope with … Many of these could prove vital in the effort to adapt agriculture to climate change. And yet most agricultural investment focuses on … redress the balance: nurturing smallholder advances and traditional knowledge, identifying innovations that enhance productivity; and …
Publication, 01 January 2012
While one of the objectives of the 2014 World Day to Combat Desertification is to strengthen the visibility of the drylands on the international environmental agenda, much more is needed (Photo: Marie Monimart)
Celebrating the drylands
… [PDF] , often building on centuries of understanding of ecosystem and climate dynamics to create livelihoods based on a portfolio of diverse … science and policy Despite the sophistication and depth of both indigenous and scientific knowledge, for nearly a century many policy interventions in the … Climate change …
Insight, 17 June 2014
Drying medicinal plants, the knowledge of which is passed down through generations. In South Asia alone, there are more than 8,000 plant species with known medicinal value (Photo: Bioversity International/B. Sthapit)
Sustaining local food systems and agricultural biodiversity
… This project collaborated directly with local farming and indigenous communities in regenerating biodiversity-rich farming and … farmers exchange for mutual learning on privatisation of knowledge and seeds in Nyeleni, Mali, in 2009 A farmers’ cultural and … for tackling agricultural challenges, including those brought by climate change. After this initiative came to an end, IIED support …
Project, 15 August 2013
Indigenous communities sharing potatoes in the Potato Park, near Cusco, Peru. Credit: Asociacion ANDES
Traditional innovation in farming is under threat
… innovative approaches in farming and other sectors by building on knowledge and practices refined over generations. For instance, farmers … not fit easily into policy frameworks. But its value will grow as the climate changes and population increases bring more mouths to feed. Yet … donors invest millions to deliver 'climate smart agriculture'. Yet indigenous farming practices already conserve natural resources (water, …
Insight, 02 October 2013
women distributing counting eggs
New narratives for a 'new normal'
… no assistance reached communities for days after Hurricane Mitch , indigenous women fed their families bread made of an indigenous root … and advising their peers on reducing impacts of disaster and climate change. What’s more, such exchanges have attracted the attention … peer exchanges. Exchanges allow grassroots women to share practical knowledge, tell stories and build solidarity and even demonstrate how …
Insight, 22 July 2020
Two women talking to each other at a crowded event.
Strengthening local voices in the governance of food systems and the environment
… large research institutes. Similarly, national and global debates on climate change strategies around agrofuels and agricultural development … groups traditionally excluded from policy processes such as women and indigenous people. These groups are at risk of becoming further … the economic playing field: inclusive governance that values local knowledge and experience, building local organisations to manage local …
Project, 01 September 2011
Major deposit in biodiversity bank to protect future of food
… in an ice-clad Norwegian mountain. It will be the first time that any indigenous peoples have provided seeds to the Global Seed Vault, which … diversity on which global agriculture depends, from threats such as climate change. An association of Peruvian indigenous communities is … the farmers have maintained and from their associated traditional knowledge." Tom van der Lee, Advocacy & Campaigns Director Oxfam Novib, …
News, 22 February 2011
UN talks must resolve key issues to ensure fair and sustainable use of biodiversity
… is meant to control access to genetic resources and traditional knowledge, and ensure that the benefits that arise from their use are … non-industrialised, do not want to recognise the customary rights of indigenous and local communities over genetic resources, despite their … because they provide options that will enable people to adapt to climate change – by switching to flood- or drought-resistant crop …
News, 13 July 2010
Peter DeMarsh, who died in the Ethiopian Airways crash on 10 March 2019 (Photo: Teresa Sarroca)
IIED remembers Peter DeMarsh
… was a lover of nature (with passion for hiking and an encyclopaedic knowledge of birds) and of philosophy (a leading light in his local … on ‘Investing in Locally Controlled Forestry’ between financiers and indigenous people, community foresters and family forest smallholders … ranging from improving food security to mitigating and adapting to climate change in a range of global forums and events. Peter’s sharp …
News, 14 March 2019
Reforestation program in Guatemala (Photo: Enrique Varahona)
Forest and Farm Facility Phase I
… future. The sheer numbers of local smallholders, communities and indigenous peoples who know and love their forests and farms offers … ecological know-how (to restore landscapes and adapt to and mitigate climate change); and social organisation (to maintain and enhance … introduce national partners in Ecuador, Ghana, Madagascar and Togo. A knowledge and learning component led by IIED dovetailed with the …
Project, 29 May 2014