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Fertile ground: harnessing the market to reverse soil degradation in South Asia
… for scaling up such value chains to foster more inclusive and sustainable agriculture. … Sustainable markets … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 December 2016
Artisanal and small-scale miners in Madagascar show the dynamic nature of the sector (Photo: Fitsum Weldegiorgis/IIED)
Talking sustainable development in the troubled world of ASM
… convening at the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (IGF) in Geneva this week will discuss, ASM could make a significant contribution to sustainable development and to achieving the United Nations' Sustainable … sustainable development programmes. ASM usually co-exists with agriculture, competing for land, water, and productive capacity, and …
Insight, 25 October 2016
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Post-2015: framing a new approach to sustainable development
… note, prepared by the Independent Research Forum on a Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda (IRF2015), offers principles and … goals and strategies can address development issues such as water, agriculture and food security, energy security, and urbanisation in a … Independent Research Forum on a Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda …
Publication, 01 April 2013
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Artisanal and small-scale mining and agriculture. Exploring their links in rural sub-Saharan Africa
… Sustainable markets … Food and agriculture … Artisanal and small-scale mining and agriculture. Exploring their links in rural sub-Saharan Africa …
Publication, 01 March 2016
Women community leaders maintaining the local nursery in Colombia
IIED at CBD COP16
… variety of topics ranging from biodiversity credits (biocredits) and sustainable wildlife management, to Indigenous Peoples and local … and joined pavilion events. COP16 will reconvene at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization headquarters in Rome for Parties to find …
Event, 25 February 2025
Food market in Lusaka, Zambia.
Food systems of the poor: shaping the agenda for the Food Systems Summit
… all 17 SDGs, each of which relies to some degree on healthier, more sustainable and equitable food systems". The summit brought together … people, measure progress, and identify actions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to food systems. … Food and agriculture … Sustainable markets …
Event, 25 October 2020
Sustainable agriculture and the resource poor: Policy issues and options
Publication, 01 January 1988
View of the town of Pisaq in Peru, near the Potato Park Biocultural Heritage Territory
Indigenous biocultural heritage for sustainable development
… about the potential for Indigenous biocultural heritage to support sustainable development. Funded by the British Academy , the project … of the relationship between cultural heritage, biodiversity and sustainable development, and how Indigenous worldviews, cultural values … landscapes. The project assessed the contribution of traditional agriculture to  Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2  objectives which …
Project, 29 April 2019
Hundreds of power-tillers from China lie unused in Ethiopia. They can be used to plow, power a water-pump, and generate electricity, but low sales were thought to be caused by a lack of technical information, showing how China's role in African agriculture must be researched (Photo: IFPRI-IMAGES, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Chinese engagement in African agriculture is not what it seems
… lots of announcements about prospective investments across Africa. Agriculture featured prominently. But what is the real story of China in … and European colleagues, our team investigated Chinese engagements in agriculture in four countries – Ethiopia, Ghana, Mozambique and … and the Chinese presence in Africa is important. The Chinese role in agriculture – in terms of business investment, technology transfer, …
Insight, 06 April 2016
Delegates at the international symposium on agroecology (Photo: John Choptiany/FAO)
Agroecology offers FAO a 'new window' on agriculture
… uses ecological concepts and principles to design and manage sustainable agro-ecosystems, offering benefits for productivity, food … what it is and what it has to offer Ecological intensification for sustainable food systems A final plenary session chaired by Stephen … from the session. On the one hand, the policy agenda for world agriculture should be ambitious in pursuing ecological intensification …
Insight, 02 October 2014