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Women racing while carrying baskets full of sweet potatoes on their backs.
Faith in ecology: how one group of Indigenous people in the Philippines are advancing agrobiodiversity
… since overseen a transformation. They have championed traditional sustainable farming practices, the restoration of natural forests and … fruit trees. Most traditional farms use a form of rotating organic agriculture to maintain fertility and manage pests and diseases. … use declines. As a result, several farmers are turning to ‘commercial agriculture’: the monoculture plantation of market garden crops – …
Insight, 05 December 2024
Tree nursery
Strengthening climate resilience through agroforestry and community forestry
… these economic gains. The drought has particularly devastated agriculture, damaging over one million hectares of maize – the country’s … Farm Facility (FFF) – a partnership between the IIED, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) , IUCN  and … agroforestry business’. The exchange highlighted the critical role of sustainable community forestry management (CFM) systems and agroforestry …
Insight, 19 November 2024
A woman picks beans. She carries a basket with aubergines with her head.
Inclusive dialogue gets priorities of Nepal’s rural producers recognised in local law
… for open dialogue Under the Empowering Rural Producers in Commercial Agriculture (EPIC) project, land rights organisation the Community Self Reliance Centre (CSRC)  and the agricultural cooperative Nepal Agriculture Cooperative Central Federation Limited (NACCFL) established Land and Agriculture Learning Centres (LALCs). The LALCs provided a space for …
Insight, 25 July 2022
Woman washing dishes with a jerrycan.
To address food insecurity in Uganda post COVID-19 the government must act now
… food responsiveness. The government, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, should establish food … Ugandan people’s food and nutrition security will continue to suffer. Agriculture is the backbone of our economy, yet consistently … Food and agriculture … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 24 September 2020
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Internal Resources for Sustainable Agriculture
… to buy time while working to control population and further develop agriculture and industry (Francis and Harwood, 1985). But the majority … Food and agriculture … Internal Resources for Sustainable Agriculture …
Publication, 01 January 1988
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Indigenous Knowledge for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development
… Indigenous knowledge can play a key role in the design of sustainable agricultural systems, increasing the likelihood that rural … Food and agriculture … Indigenous Knowledge for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development …
Publication, 01 January 1988
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Participatory Monitoring and Impact Assessment of Sustainable Agriculture Initiatives: An introduction to the key elements
… on to prove the effectiveness of efforts that claim to lead to more sustainable development. Over the past fifteen years, funding agencies … introduction to establishing a participatory monitoring process for sustainable agriculture initiatives. After explaining the objectives of the … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 January 1998
A young woman in a greenhouse (Photo: Tamara Kaunda)
Attracting Zambia's youth to agriculture: it's about time
… strength and brains of Zambia's fast-growing youth population.  The ' Sustainable Diets for All ' program run by Hivos and IIED recently … is through the youth food change lab group called the ' Youths for Sustainable Foods '. Change labs are ideally suited to addressing complex issues related to agriculture that encompass a myriad of actors, facets and policies.  …
Insight, 29 January 2018
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Agrobiodiversity booms as botanic gardens serve farmers
… and flood management. The approach is central to Belize’s National Agriculture and Food Policy 2015–2030, National Agroforestry Strategy … by 2030, while also teaching technical experts how to facilitate sustainable smallholder agroforestry systems. …
Publication, 29 April 2025
Gordon Conway speaking in front of a microphone.
Remembering Gordon Conway (1938-2023)
… Amid his many achievements, he made a critical contribution to IIED’s sustainable agriculture programme in the 1980s. Conway’s work helped sow the seeds for the sustainable food and agriculture projects which IIED staff and partners … Food and agriculture …
News, 06 October 2023