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Measuring Farmers' Agro-ecological Resistance to Hurricane Mitch in Central America
… in agroecological resistance between plots on ‘conventional’ and ‘sustainable’ farms in Central America after Hurricane Mitch. On average, ‘agroecological’ plots on sustainable farms had more topsoil, higher field moisture, more … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 January 2002
Balanced diet includes local and imported food, say IIED, Oxfam
… from developing nations in the belief this is a positive choice for sustainable development. "Climate change will hit poorer rural people in … Food and agriculture …
News, 03 December 2009
Are small-scale farmers there to feed themselves and large-scale farmers there to feed the world? Credit: Flickr/Peter Casier
Can small-scale farmers feed the world?
… that small-scale farming is more efficient, claiming that small-scale sustainable farming could double food production in less than a decade … Food and agriculture …
Insight, 15 March 2011
An Ethiopian farmer demonstrates the the impact of rain shortage on his maize crop (Photo: Dagnachew Belachew via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Connecting the dots: Sharing knowledge to build climate resilient green economies
Insight, 19 February 2014
The capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, is one of the world's largest cities. It is surrounded by rivers and lies only a few metres above sea level. The urban poor living in flood-prone areas are most threatened by climate change (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
The IPCC and an urbanising planet
Insight, 06 November 2014
Our successful animation was devised to popularise the Sustainable Development Goals. But that doesn't mean we didn't make mistakes (Image: IIED/Hands Up)
Global goals, global audience – how well did we score?
…  – that we created three months ago to raise awareness about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the potential of the new … (applying to all countries) and their emphasis on all aspects of sustainable development, especially the environment. For universality, … different goals. Tina was devised to illustrate the issues of sustainable consumption and production, and global partnerships. She …
Insight, 18 September 2015
A CCAFS and CIAT participatory photography project in Chiquimula, Guatemala. A framework on how to monitor and evaluate social learning approaches is now available. (Photo: Gian Betancourt/CIAT, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Paper outlines framework to monitor and evaluate social learning approaches
… is a cross-organisation group with strong ties to Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) , IIED and the International … networks, institutions and systems that lead to better and more sustainable development outcomes. The framework consists of indicators … when and where social learning contributes to better and more sustainable development outcomes. Social learning is not always the most …
Insight, 13 February 2015
Agriculture is crucial to Senegal's economy, employing more than 60% of the population (Photo: Jelle Goossens/vredeseilanden, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Using legal tools to make agribusiness investments more accountable
… is a qualified solicitor and IIED associate focusing on law and sustainable development.   Further resources   Improving accountability …
Insight, 19 June 2017
Bloggers: Have you joined a virtuous circle yet?
… Food and agriculture …
Insight, 07 December 2011
People in a food market
Mozambique case study shows that poverty is about much more than income
… Formally, in allocating the funds, priority was to be given to agriculture rather than businesses, women rather than men, and …
Insight, 29 August 2019