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Cover for 14512IIED.pdf
Organic Cotton: A New Development Path for African Smallholders?
… All case study projects show positive impacts and empowered, more sustainable communities. … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 March 2006
Cover for G01066.pdf
Peasant Seeds are the Way Forward for Africa's Food Sovereignty. Bamako Declaration February 2007
… Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 February 2007
Drying beans
Community protocols can bring real benefits to communities and combat biodiversity loss
… community rules for the equitable sharing of benefits and for sustainable management of natural resources.   High up in the Peruvian … Food and agriculture …
Insight, 15 March 2012
Group discussions with women in Isiolo County, Kenya helped to generate specific evidence about why they and other marginalised groups are more vulnerable to climate change (Photo: Susannah Fisher, IIED)
Decision making in an uncertain climate
Insight, 23 January 2017
Participatory community mapping and community land protection can yield tangible results for poor and vulnerable populations (Photo: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko)
Next steps to strengthen global land governance
… and land tenure (PDF)  were agreed at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Rome. This was a response to growing …
Insight, 15 May 2016
The Sumatran rhinoceros
World Conservation Congress: key themes and a new leader to watch
… to hear Peter Bakker, President of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development make a strong commitment to putting natural and … whether WBCSD, a CEO-led organization which aims to create a more “sustainable future for business, society and the environment” just … tax global financial transactions, investing the revenues into more sustainable and equitable patterns of development. And Achim Steiner, …
Insight, 17 September 2012
Innovations in biomass energy for renewable local energy provision and legitimate income generation
… through biomass energy, the importance of sufficient support for sustainable supply chain development, the need for good government …
Project, 15 January 2010
Elephant yams growing on a forested slope in Myanmar.
Myanmar: Could an unusual yam help the march of community forestry?
… the requirement that such businesses create local incentives for sustainable forest management – as is happening with the Elephant Foot …
Insight, 17 May 2013
Cover for G03263.pdf
South Africa: New trends in supermarket procurement systems - local procurement schemes from SSGs by rural chain stores
… Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 March 2008
Cover for G00451.pdf
107 7 How will West African countries meet the MDGs?
Publication, 01 January 1970