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Small and medium forest enterprises and associations
… in private sector forestry. One of the major impacts of our work was an increased recognition of the role of SMFEs by donor and …
Project, 11 June 2008
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… but does not require a PhD or dictionary to understand. It links the work of the major agricultural centres, the insights of the farmer, the … newsletter that highlights breakthroughs in sustainable agriculture. Our audience functions as an Information Exchange Network. Readers … contribute information to the newsletter and also benefit from our reader information service. Recent thematic issues cover the latest …
Publication, 01 January 1970
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PLA 41: General Issue
… draws on the experience of Malawi's National Forestry programme, and our usual In Touch section, which includes book reviews, events, and e-participation. This work is licensed under the  Creative Commons … Paranita Bhattachajee Community participation in health: How does it work? Grindl Dockery, Lyn Barry and Erica Hedley 'Washirika': Raising …
Article, 31 May 2001
The Deccan Development society works with poor women in Andhra Pradesh, India. It facilitates a network of women seedkeepers who conserve and exchange seeds (Photo: Deccan Development Society)
IIED's best of 2016: blogs
… empowerment is essential for sustainable development February: Our most-read blog of 2016 put forward a powerful argument for gender … be at one of those moments in history when the rules by which markets work are reshaped by public will? We certainly need to be thinking and … safety concerns associated with China's food system. He said IIED's work with Chinese researchers provided valuable lessons on how …
Article, 28 December 2016
Q: When is a forest not a forest? A: When no-one knows
… of oil-palms. Not much lives there and nobody can go in unless they work for the company that processes and exports the palm oil. It sounds … Like a cricket match with no ball. Yet many of the people who run our world would disagree. To the minds of too many politicians and …
Insight, 02 November 2011
Creating a communication buzz in Zimbabwe
… environment and climate change journalism blossom to avoid abuse of our environment. Farai Matebvu, Zimbabwe Environmental Journalists …
News, 17 October 2011
Nine toolkits are available to share the experiences of Southern networks carrying out climate change advocacy (Image: Southern Voices)
It's getting hot here: Southern advocacy to address climate change
Insight, 09 January 2015
MMSD – further reports
… Documents are grouped together in the links below, or you can search our Publications Library . Please contact us if you can't find what you …
Article, 03 March 2009
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PLA Notes 37 February 2000 Editorial
… Action Research (PAR), take this opportunity to wish all our readers a Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), healthy and … many trends and changes in social science research and development work. As However, as the Guest Editors of this Special the 20th Century …
Publication, 01 February 2000
West African farmers heard at UK Houses of Parliament
… because they were often the ones carrying much of the agricultural work and improvements to the land.  Women farmers often have less … Luke Mukubvu from the Department for International Development said: “Our key challenge has been to make sure that the research programmes are … the day to day challenges and market and production needs of farmers. Our focus is often on national research systems and we are not sure they …
Insight, 04 February 2012