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Kenya’s coffee sector in the COVID-19 context: can producer agency be sustained?
… partnerships with progressive private sector actors in commercial agriculture. This webinar, part of the 'Empowering Producers In Commercial agriculture’ (EPIC) project , shared and debated experiences around a … disruption within the coffee industry. Its focus has been creating sustainable livelihoods for more smallholder farmers. At the core is …
Event, 19 May 2020
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Indigenous Peoples' Food Systems and Biocultural Heritage: Addressing Indigenous Priorities Using Decolonial and Interdisciplinary Research Approaches
… sustainability and resilience to pandemics, and threats from agriculture, development and conservation policies. They called for … land rights and food sovereignty; and the impacts of industrial agriculture on Indigenous food systems, stressing the need for … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 30 September 2022
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The rural informal economy: Understanding drivers and livelihood impacts in agriculture, timber and mining
Publication, 01 April 2015
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Three pillars for food system change: inclusivity, joint vision and long-term commitment
… diverse views in a meaningful and productive way. The Hivos-IIED Sustainable Diets for All (SD4All) programme has championed multi-actor … Download:  Multi-actor initiatives in action: lessons from the Sustainable Diets for All programme … Food and agriculture … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 16 July 2020
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Agrobiodiversity — the way to save earth’s skin
… planetary ‘skin’ made up of life in all its diversity: biodiversity. Agriculture now covers the largest portion (46%) of the global land …
Publication, 21 September 2023
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Forest and Farm Facility Annual Report 2022
… and Indigenous Peoples as the key agents for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and delivering effective climate action. … sturdy partnership between its four founding agencies – the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 31 March 2023
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Trilateral cooperation in agriculture: Achievements and lessons from AgriTT
… Investment in African agriculture remains well below average global levels and currently falls short of achieving the United Nation’s ‘Global Goals for Sustainable Development’. Whilst there is growing interest in the … Trilateral cooperation in agriculture: Achievements and lessons from AgriTT …
Publication, 01 April 2017
The Food Change Lab engaged a wide group of voices from people in different parts of the food system in the Fort Portal region (Photo: Nimrod Bagonza)
Mixing more voices into food policy
… We know that diversity in agriculture is good for the planet. And we know that diversity in diets … changing Kabarole region of Western Uganda. This approach aims for sustainable innovation in local food policy and planning, by including … More production is depleting natural resources and preventing sustainable production over the long term. The enormous opportunities to …
Insight, 10 October 2016
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Productive uses of energy support sustainable and resilient livelihoods in least developed countries
… energy (PUE), especially when powered by renewables, can support more sustainable and resilient livelihoods … to enable economies, it can further universal energy access and sustainable development.   Download Productive uses of energy for … Productive uses of energy support sustainable and resilient livelihoods in least developed countries …
News, 16 September 2021
A farmer near Bagré dam in Burkina Faso dries paddy rice (Photo: Barbara Adolph/IIED)
Seven papers unpick debates on African agriculture and rural development
… World Food Day celebrates the anniversary of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization's creation on 16 October 1945, and is a good … managing natural resources, protecting the environment, and achieving sustainable development. However, the debates around the specific … Those questioning the effectiveness of liberalisation to catalyse sustainable and fair development point out that many big questions …
Insight, 15 October 2014