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Rural communities in Kenya are increasingly being affected by climate change, limiting opportunities for development. (Photo: Robin Wyatt)
Development and Climate Days 2018
… Around 350 policymakers, researchers and development practitioners gathered at the 2018 D&C Days event in … Risk Reduction – which in turn will contribute to realising the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Host partners will transmit key … , IIED ,  Environmental Finance Center West (EFCWest) , the  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) , the  German …
Event, 08 December 2018
A woman serving food at a street stall
Common cause with people in the food systems of the majority
… of growing recognition that we’re way off course to meet the second Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) – to end hunger, improve nutrition and green agriculture. The coronavirus pandemic has put added strain on food … on behalf of citizens’ priorities. This is a bold and welcome approach. But there is the risk that CSOs and NGOs fail to see the …
Insight, 22 June 2020
A person standing looking at steep hillsides with terraced fields.
Loss and damage in Rwanda: a young climate activist reports
Insight, 03 September 2020
Green beans stacked into in a cardboard box
Rebalancing power in the Kenya-UK green bean value chain
… green beans to Flamingo Horticulture; Hazel Culley, senior food sustainable product and raw material manager at M&S; and Tom Wills, … could be helpful. Culley said that ‘over-bureaucratising’ the approach could make it more difficult for companies to engage – but a … The webinar was part of IIED’s Empowering Producers in Commercial agriculture (EPIC)  initiative, funded by UK Aid from the UK government …
Insight, 09 September 2019
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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 … and develop an actionorientated set of recommendations, a gendered approach to value chain analysis will be carried out. …
Publication, 01 July 2011
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FishCounts: increasing the visibility of small-scale fisheries in Cambodia’s national planning
… account through the System of Environmental and Economic Accounts — Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries would clarify the value such fishers … the gaps, inconsistencies and overlaps lie. It proposes a phased approach to build on what already exists to create greater visibility … fisheries to the national economy and their role in developing sustainable fishing and aquaculture in the face of growing demands and …
Publication, 01 May 2020
Woman walking through a vegetable garden. A pond behind her.
D&C Days 2021: five pathways for adaptation, resilience and action
Article, 12 November 2021
A farmer in Bangladesh
Upscaling agroecological practices
… In a context of a changing climate and growing concerns for more sustainable and healthy food systems, agroecology is gaining momentum as a scientific discipline, sustainable farming approach and social movement. However, despite growing anecdotal and … because of widespread soil impoverishment caused by modern intensive agriculture, which favours synthetic chemical inputs. This problem could …
Project, 29 January 2017
A villager gathers medicinal bark in Mozambique
Investing in sustainable productivity could secure REDD+ schemes long term
… forest stewardship certification that generates a premium for sustainable timber; and paying communities for committing to avoid … either through conservation projects, increased productivity of agriculture or by developing sustainable resource management. What sort … Other funds and organisations are successfully taking this approach to protecting natural resources, as attendees pointed out in …
Insight, 13 December 2012
Floating boards on a lake, hiding the fish farming cages underneath
Lessons for building a natural capital legacy
… about numbers and trends, it’s also about the implications for future development strategies, for businesses, communities and for people. And … And that’s where the project ‘ Integrating natural capital into sustainable development decision-making in Uganda ’ comes in. From data … it yields can be used, the team has brought momentum to the approach. They have shown decision-makers how, by using the accounts, …
Insight, 16 August 2021