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Growing sustainable agriculture in Mozambique
… Agriculture, civil society, farmers’ groups and development agencies. Research trials and anecdotal evidence suggest that these practices …
Publication, 01 April 2015
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Children in the driver’s seat (PLA 56)
… in Karnataka, India. Despite the difficulties involved in fitting the research work around their school, home and work responsibilities, the … had gained a huge amount from being researchers. The process of the research equipped them with the skills and expertise to plan and carry out research using appropriate tools, hold discussions with children and …
Publication, 01 June 2007
The Nebbou area, between Ouagadougou and Leo, a dry reservoir used for the manufacture of handmade bricks in Burkina Faso (Photo: Ollivier Girard/Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR))
Archive of completed drylands and pastoralist projects
… both in print and online, and IIED should continue to operate its research and policy-influencing work from a distance, encouraging … main points from the review and discusses IIED's long-term action research in arid East and West Africa: 25 years in the drylands IIED … strategies in order to improve policy advice through two pieces of research in Niger in 2009-10. Unblocking the cycle of water stress, …
Article, 17 December 2012
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China-Africa investment treaties: do they work?
… treaties fulfill their objective, as well as pointers for follow-on research and for policy and practice in China and Africa. This …
Publication, 01 January 2017
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Shifts in the landscape: increased pressure on rural land and livelihoods in Ghana
… the government to address some of the challenges highlighted in this research. …
Publication, 01 January 2017
The logo of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
IIED at the Seventh Session of the Governing Body of FAO Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources
… Park. The agreement also established equitable collaborative research partnerships linking science and Indigenous knowledge for …
Event, 30 October 2017
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Smallholder innovation for resilience (SIFOR)
… change. And yet most agricultural investment focuses on ‘top-down’ research and development, weakening the capacity of local people to innovate for independent adaptation. Through participatory action-research, tools development and capacity building, the SIFOR project …
Publication, 01 January 2012
Participants of the CBA9 conference in Kenya in 2015 (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Global Initiative on Community-Based Adaptation (GICBA)
… a significant and growing number of actions on the ground by NGOs and research organisations. Many of these institutions have been exploring …
Project, 06 August 2015
A woman holds bank notes
Financial summary 2019
… of employees  increased by 11 to 136, reflecting an expansion in our research activity (our core function staffing remained static). Despite … in other organisations IIED works with as a normal part of its research activities. Where such work involves payment, they enter into …
Page, 25 October 2019
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When non-climate urban policies contribute to building urban resilience to climate change: lessons learned from Indonesian cities
… respond to the specific context of their citizens and needs. This research presents several cases that demonstrate examples of innovative … that have led to successful reductions in social vulnerability. The research contributes to efforts to document lessons about policy design …
Publication, 01 October 2013