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Fair trade: still centred on smallholders?
… certification. Jorge Chavez-Tafur, from the Centre for learning on sustainable agriculture (ILEIA) , asked “Is it true that fair trade standards are so … Food and agriculture … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 27 June 2011
Women working on rise fields.
Why does gender matter in a ‘just transition’?
Event, 26 October 2023
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… 2019 - ongoing Social and Environmental Trade-Offs in African Agriculture. An interdisciplinary research project seeking to address … in designing and implementing country-driven, results-oriented and sustainable learning to address climate change. Project page Poverty and … management policies, research, investment and knowledge resources for sustainable agricultural production and improved food security.  Project …
Page, 30 September 2022
Cover for G04255.pdf
Nourishing diversity: A five-point plan to enrich our food systems
Publication, 01 October 2017
Cover for 16599IIED.pdf
Coffee and carbon offsets for smallholders: can carbon financing promote cleaner coffee in Nicaragua?
… This report looks at the ongoing PASCAFEN-CamBio2 project (Sustainable Agriculture in Coffee Plantations in Nicaragua) to understand the potential of carbon-offset funding for smallholder agriculture in coffee-producing landscapes. Carbon emission reductions … Sustainable markets …
Publication, 01 October 2015
A basket full of coal taken illegally from an open-cast mine near the village of Bokapahari, India where a community of coal scavengers live and work © G. M. B. Akash / Panos Pictures
How to use law to make foreign investment work for sustainable development
… can use legal tools to ensure foreign investments contribute to sustainable development. The book focuses on investments in agriculture and the extractive industries – mining, oil and gas. These … in which government and civil society can use legal tools to promote sustainable development, by: Aligning public policies and decisions on …
News, 22 November 2013
Roasted coffee beans.
World Food Day: how do you keep co-operatives competitive?
… surprised to see this World Food Day statement from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). We all know of failed co-operatives, … areas and its infrastructure, and strongly oriented toward commercial agriculture. A better question to explore is ‘How do the poor make … groups, unions and federations of producers…and [even] Chambers of agriculture’. …and ‘contract farming’?. But anyway, understanding and …
Insight, 15 October 2012
Cover for 17469IIED.pdf
Reducing climate risk and poverty: why China needs ecosystem-based adaptation
Publication, 01 June 2018
Cover for G03135.pdf
Sourcing gender: gender productivity and sustainable sourcing strategies - summary paper
… relationships and business models that reach and benefit women in agriculture can be a challenge for practitioners. Women constitute the … As part of a series of topic briefs on the New Business Models for Sustainable Trading Relationships(NBMSTR) project, Sourcing gender: gender value chains for productivity in sustainable sourcing strategies describes the business opportunities of …
Publication, 01 July 2011
Field with mountains in the background
G20 leaders urged to replicate Cabo Verde debt restructure for other countries
News, 08 March 2023