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Does the development community focus too strongly on smallholders? (Credit: Flickr/United Nations Photo)
Fast track out of poverty: farm labour or smallholder?
… Some argued that supporting smallholders offers the safest route to sustainable rural economic development. “In the end you are much safer … caption=More than 450 million people work as waged labourers in agriculture (Credit: Flickr/poonomo)] And the reality is that for most of the 450 million waged labourers in agriculture, working conditions are grim. “This is a highly exploitative …
Insight, 02 June 2011
New report finds rapid expansion in markets for sustainable products
… Markets for sustainable products have expanded significantly over the last five … 2010 is a collaborative effort by the International Institute for Sustainable Development, the International Institute for Environment and … Alliance, UTZ Certified, International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements, GLOBALGAP, Sustainable Forestry Initiative, …
News, 16 November 2010
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Scaling up ecosystem-based adaptation: lessons from Viet Nam
… Food and agriculture …
Publication, 09 July 2025
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Branding Agricultural Commodities: The development case for adding value through branding
… Sustainable markets …
Publication, 01 May 2012
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The power of ‘tech plus people’ in collective climate action
Publication, 20 October 2022
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State of Sustainability Initiatives Review 2014: Standards and the Green Economy
… the 16 most prevalent standards initiatives paving the way for more sustainable production and trade. The review looks at the governance, … practices of standards initiatives that are active in the agriculture, forestry and biofuels sectors. The standards initiatives … for businesses, policy makers and stakeholders seeking to build more sustainable supply chains. The Review is a collaborative effort of IISD, …
Publication, 01 January 2014
Women smallholders replanting rice in the irrigated area around the Bagré dam in Burkina Faso (Photo: Barbara Adolph/IIED)
Water and land rights – hand-in-hand for sustainable development
… made the link with two big events on development and climate: the sustainable development summit taking place in New York in late … As a result, many of the sessions and workshops were about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how to ensure water is … presented its research on the impacts of large scale investments in agriculture on water resources, ecosystems and livelihoods in Sub …
Insight, 25 September 2015
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Barter markets: sustaining people and nature in the Andes
… Sustainable markets …
Publication, 01 June 2006
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COVID-19 and land-based investment: changing landscapes
… created by the pandemic is critical to promote a just and sustainable recovery. This report prepared by IIED and the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) explores emerging issues within the … of land-based investments and their governance to a just and sustainable pandemic recovery is clear. …
Publication, 15 May 2021
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Standards and sustainable trade. A sectoral analysis for the proposed sustainable trade and innovation centre (STIC)
… protect the environment. The challenge is to connect the rhetoric of sustainable trade with reality, bridging the gaps between emerging practices such as sustainable forestry, organic agriculture, and ecotourism with markets for small- and mid-sized … Sustainable markets … Standards and sustainable trade. A sectoral analysis for the proposed sustainable …
Publication, 01 April 2002