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Prema Gopalan stands centre stage in an orange sari. Two men present her with a certificate; two others stand behind and applaud.
Prema Gopalan remembered
News, 23 May 2022
Logo of COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Where to find IIED and partners at COP29: event listing
… pre-industrial levels and doubled as investment plans advancing the Sustainable Development Goals. IIED’s key areas of focus included: … Food and agriculture …
Event, 11 November 2024
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Charts and diagrams from Virtuous Circles: Values, Systems and Sustainability
… needs; fertiliser for crops and trees; and construction materials~* Sustainable water systems, greening the landscape and the production and … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 November 2011
Customers at a milk bar in Ndumbuini in Kabete, Nairobi. Research in Kenya has found that milk sold in this way had similar bacterial levels to those sold in formal markets (Photo: ILRI/Paul Karaimu)
What do street food, charcoal, gold, mobile phones and milk have in common?
… countries, and the proportion is likely to be much higher if agriculture is included.  Many people in these informal trades and … unsafe, bad for the environment, bad for consumer health, and bad for sustainable development. The evidence doesn't always bear this out. For … Emma Blackmore ([email protected]) is a researcher in IIED's Sustainable Markets group …
Insight, 17 December 2014
A trolley load and shelves of cinnamon dry inside a special drying facility
Vietnamese forest and farm producers work towards more resilient livelihoods and landscapes
… role in improving food security, reducing poverty, and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). But many family farms are … landscape-scale efforts to integrate forest and trees into sustainable farming while improving social and cultural services to … To help family farms to achieve their potential, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched the Decade of Family Farming …
Insight, 27 May 2019
Aerial view of a village surrounded by vegetation
Law, economies and justice: a new programme
… deepening economic transformations – from large-scale investments in agriculture, energy, mining, manufacturing and infrastructure, to … and as a resource for change – in strategies to promote fairer, more sustainable economies. As a team of 13 researchers and practitioners, we …
Insight, 04 October 2022
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REDD Working Papers: REDD and sustainable development – perspective from Viet Nam
… Poverty and sustainable development impacts of REDD architecture is a multi-country … REDD Working Papers: REDD and sustainable development – perspective from Viet Nam …
Publication, 01 August 2010
This family in the Mecati Forest, Mozambique, cut down trees and cleared the land on this hillside to grow a crop of cowpeas. They will use this land for two more years, use the cut timber for firewood, and them move on (Photo: Mike Goldwater)
2014: the International Year of Family Farming
… According to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) , family farming includes all … we understand the strategic role of family farmers in achieving sustainable development. We are partners in the Forest and Farm Facility … smallholder producer organisations to ensure the development of sustainable forest landscapes. Through our project on Smallholder …
Article, 22 April 2014
A Zambian farmer in his maize field. The overdependence on maize is having a negative impact on diets in Zambia (Photo: Wesley Wakunuma)
Promoting diversity on the farm – and the plate
… And it is precisely the predominance of maize in the Zambian diet and agriculture which is at the heart of the problem.   The eclipse of local … International, FAO, UNEP and WFP.  This effort is part of the Sustainable Diets for All  programme, which builds capacity among local … in Uganda, Indonesia, Bolivia and Zambia to advocate for sustainable, diverse and healthy diets. A Food Change Lab process has …
Insight, 05 June 2017
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Biocultural heritage territories
… economies, and are home to critical genetic resources for food and agriculture. Across the world, years of local adaptation and traditional … diverse, productive and resilient management systems that integrate sustainable development with biodiversity conservation. … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 November 2014