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Hundreds of power-tillers from China lie unused in Ethiopia. They can be used to plow, power a water-pump, and generate electricity, but low sales were thought to be caused by a lack of technical information, showing how China's role in African agriculture must be researched (Photo: IFPRI-IMAGES, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Chinese engagement in African agriculture is not what it seems
Insight, 06 April 2016
Colombia's government and left-wing insurgents sign a historic agreement ending 52 years of conflict. Some commentators suggest the peace process has opened the way for major progress on the SDGs (Photo: Gobierno de Chile, Creative Commons via Wikimedia)
SDGs: from adopted framework to political force for change
… of the planet?  Tracking progress We recently conducted a series of interviews with people across the world closely involved in sustainable …
Insight, 17 February 2017
Alternatives to large land acquisitions in developing nations
… that provide opportunities for smallholders Contact details for interviews follow these quotes from IFAD, FAO, SDC and IIED… Co-author …
News, 18 June 2010
Ibadan, Nigeria, a city that has experienced devastating high winds and flooding (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
How risk accumulates in African cities – and ways to break the cycle
… People's Federation  to use door-to-door numbering, household interviews and satellite images to produce detailed community maps for …
Insight, 30 January 2017
Weighing sacks of coffee beans in Colombia's southwestern Cauca department (Photo: Neil Palmer/CIAT)
Environmental Funds: sustainable finance for conservation
Insight, 23 July 2014
A photo of a woman.
Protecting Indigenous lands: lessons from Chile
Article, 17 November 2020
LDCs can use the example of Brazil, which has achieved a drastic fall in emissions thanks to avoided deforestation, to see what is possible despite limited economic capacity. Pictured is deforestation for the use of clay in Rio de Janeiro (Photo via Wikipedia Commons)
Climate action: Diplomats' discussions yield four themes for 2014
Insight, 04 June 2014
Local forest workers in Cambodia, one of the regions studied for a new report (Photo: Frontier Cambodia Forest via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Four ways to support locally controlled forestry and benefit people and the planet
News, 19 May 2014
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PLA 39: Participatory Communication
Article, 30 September 2000
A London workshop heard about the human stories of gold mining from artisanal and small-scale miners in Tanzania (Photo: Brian Sokol/Panos Pictures)
Bright prospects for mining sector dialogue
… 'Gold mining: the search for common ground' Watch a playlist of video interviews with stakeholders who attended IIED's 'visioning workshop' in …
News, 30 June 2015