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Will Farmer Participatory Research Survive in the International Agricultural Research Centres?
… Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 January 1994
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Biocultural Heritage for Sustainable Development: Stakeholder Meeting Centre for Mountain Dynamics, Kalimpong, 1st July 2019
Publication, 01 July 2019
Women farmers bending over planting crops in a paddy field
Curbing the impacts of COVID-19 on Nepal’s small-scale farmers and seizing opportunities for food system reform
… landless farmers under strain. These groups depend on the country’s agriculture sector to make a living; and the nation depends on these … The local team of the IIED-led Empowering Producer In Commercial Agriculture (EPIC) project , which investigates ways to support … to make traditional agriculture and family farming practices more sustainable and resilient in the face of future crises. Many are engaged …
Insight, 11 May 2020
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Sourcing gender: gender productivity and sustainable sourcing strategies
… As part of a series of topic briefs on the New Business Models for Sustainable Trading Relationships (NBMSTR) project, this paper will … business opportunities that are available when working with women in agriculture. In so doing, this paper adds a new dimension to … Sourcing gender: gender productivity and sustainable sourcing strategies …
Publication, 01 July 2011
Knowledge programme publications
… we must look at how the poor make markets work for them. Transforming agriculture in Uganda: nine points for action (opinion paper) Issue 44: … Food and agriculture … Sustainable markets …
Article, 14 May 2013
Book urges new development agenda for small-scale farming
… Food and agriculture … Sustainable markets …
News, 29 November 2012
A dish of amatehe
Protecting indigenous foods, preserving biodiversity – the solutions are in nature
… Other factors, including a decline in land dedicated to indigenous agriculture, threaten the survival of Uganda’s indigenous food systems. … Evidence provides answers An IIED-Hivos study carried out under the Sustainable Diets for All (SD4All) programme  calls on local and … Download:  Putting indigenous foods and food systems at the heart of sustainable food and nutrition security in Uganda …
Insight, 22 May 2020
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Investment contracts and sustainable development: How to make contracts for fairer and more sustainable natural resource investments
… project and the extent to which it advances – or undermines – sustainable development. Government capacity to negotiate and manage … projects in ways that maximise the investment’s contribution to sustainable development. This report has been produced under IIED’s … Investment contracts and sustainable development: How to make contracts for fairer and more …
Publication, 01 March 2010
Women at an outside meeting sat on the floor under trees
Protecting indigenous cultures is crucial for saving the world’s biodiversity
… knowledge is effective in conserving biodiversity and regulating sustainable resource use, including hunting, wild harvesting, fishing, … for poor and marginalised indigenous peoples in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Measures to protect both biodiversity and … across all of the sectors that are driving their loss, including agriculture, mining and forestry, if the diversity of life is to …
Insight, 18 February 2020
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Quel avenir pour les agricultures familiales d'Afrique de l'Ouest dans un contexte libéralisé?
… Burkina Faso’s economy is based on agriculture, livestock, and forestry. Land is the mainstay of economic … and examining the land tenure issues which may hinder more sustainable production. …
Publication, 01 January 2003