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ALIGN - Technical support on land-based investments for governments in low- and middle-income countries
Publication, 29 April 2022
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Personalising Development: Policies, process and institutions for sustainable rural livelihoods
Publication, 01 January 2002
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Making the most of agricultural investment: A survey of business models that provide opportunities for smallholders
Publication, 01 June 2010
Certified tea is among the commodities to have experience strong market growth.
Study reports double-digit growth in market performance of 'eco-labels'
… target mainstream markets. The Review documents a persistent trend in sustainable sourcing commitments by manufacturers including Dole, … 2008). Other certified commodities with significant market share for sustainable production in 2012 include: cocoa (22%); palm oil (15%) and … Review documents strong growth across both production and sales of sustainable commodities, it also reveals a persistent oversupply of …
News, 31 January 2014
A man and woman standing in a field
Difficult choices: balancing competing priorities on Burkina Faso farms
… It has a fast growing population and an economy highly dependent on agriculture. The country is characterised by rain-fed subsistence … farmers in eight villages – four in each commune – how they defined ‘sustainable intensification’. Based on their criteria, we developed a … indicators.  Our aim was to try to show where on a pathway to sustainable intensification of agricultural each household was. Some …
Article, 26 April 2020
Baobab fruit on the tree
Aduna: opening new opportunities for smallholder producers in Africa
Article, 31 May 2024
Two men walk behind a herd in an arid landscape.
Navigating the challenges of land-based investment: new blog series
… to reflect on their strategies to push for more responsible and sustainable land-based investments. The series is part of a joint … Governance) is a partnership between the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, IIED and Namati. ALIGN supports governments, … in strengthening the governance of land-based investments – from agriculture to infrastructure, extractives and manufacturing. …
News, 31 March 2022
Focus on small-scale farming: food or jobs?
… Felicity Proctor, the answer is clear: “we need to move from agriculture and talking about food security and productivity to … youth, Proctor emphasised the fact that in many developing countries, agriculture is not just about growing food, it’s about working for a living. “We have to face the reality that globally, agriculture represents well over 40 per cent of the employment share in …
News, 31 May 2012
Boys herd family cows in Wakesi, Kenya while dark grey storm clouds gather behind.
Looking beyond land to support rural youth
… actors gather for two and a half hours of debate around small-scale agriculture and young people — in particular, asking how development … productive resources is a pre-requisite for young people to engage in agriculture. “Even with just half a hectare of land, you can be an … do not have even that.” And without your own land, your prospects in agriculture are limited to those of a farm labourer, which, argued …
Insight, 30 May 2012
Millions of Kenyans depend on the Ewaso Ngiro river and its tributaries, but over-abstraction and changing weather patterns are reducing river flows (Photo: Denis Onyodi/Kenya Red Cross Society, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Building research capacity for sustainable water and food security in drylands of sub-Saharan Africa (BRECcIA)
Project, 27 July 2018