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Cover for G01568.pdf
PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 15 Ranking constraints in a community forestry and soil conservation programme
… Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 January 1995
Women preparing tapioca
Tapioca tech in Togo – how producers are organising to transform lives and land
… improve fertility, and the agroforestry system provides a basis for sustainable subsistence – at least if populations do not grow too much …  – a support process that accelerates the successful development of sustainable businesses in forest landscapes – in Togo. And both CPC and … Togo (Photo: Duncan Macqueen, IIED) Making higher productivity more sustainable Improved working conditions for NOVI VA members and improved …
Insight, 05 February 2020
People from Kandadji village, which is due to be flooded, meet to discuss resettlement plans (Photo: Jamie Skinner)
Niger hosts forum on securing land rights in irrigated areas
… involved.  These schemes form a significant element of the national sustainable development strategy and in particular for the realisation … take place at the forum. The forum is organised by the Ministry of Agriculture through the Office National des Aménagements Hydro Agricoles … water management and food security policies with the aim of ensuring sustainable and secure livelihoods. More information is available from …
News, 07 May 2014
Cover for 16537IIED.pdf
Turning green the strategic way: the role and potential of strategic environmental assessment in securing a green economy
Publication, 01 May 2013
Covers of top publications of 2020.
IIED's best of 2020: publications
… life’ introduction to evaluating progress on the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is based on emerging country … experience from North and South, as well as wider past learning on sustainable development evaluation. Rather than a one-size-fits-all … empowerment’ programme. In many parts of the world, investments in agriculture, mining, hydropower, petroleum and other infrastructure are …
Article, 23 December 2020
Lesotho's population is heavily dependent on agriculture. Drying river systems threaten a lack of drinking water for livestock (Photo: Jonas Merian, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Legalise Paris agreement
Article, 24 November 2015
IIED director Camilla Toulmin gave a lecture at the University of Sussex on 23 October (Photo: Chatham House)
Toulmin lecture: How can the Least Developed Countries be heard?
Event, 23 October 2014
The new OpenLandContracts.org database contains the details of publicly available investment contracts from around the world (Image: Columbia Centre for Sustainable Investment (CCSI))
Opening up land contracts
… by NGO websites. It seemed that lack of transparency was worse in agriculture than in the extractive industries.  This lack of … us to assess whether increased transparency translates into better sustainable development outcomes.  In addition, there are issues to … transparency requirements. In this video by the Columbia Centre for Sustainable Investment  (also below), Cotula speaks at the launch of …
Insight, 20 October 2015
Cover for 17102IIED.pdf
Are land deals driving ‘water grabs’?
… this way before setting a long-term precedent that could compromise sustainable and equitable supply to all users in the future. …
Publication, 01 November 2011
Cover for G01570.pdf
PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 17 The use of RRA in conservation expeditions: experiences from Sierra Leone
… Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 January 1995