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A farmer in a buckwheat field close to harvest time in Gansu Province, China. The country's agriculture is currently facing major environmental challenges (Photo: Han Jianping)
Sustainable agriculture in China: then and now
… is the largest producer and consumer of many crops today. But China's agriculture also has global impacts. Even as it imports more and more … IIED and China Agricultural University (CAU) co-hosted a workshop on Sustainable Agricultural Development and Cooperation in Beijing on 20 March, 2015.    Chinese …
Insight, 26 March 2015
Line of women walking through a field. One carries a basket on her head.
Promoting producer agency in agricultural value chain contracts: peer learning (in a pandemic)
… by contracts. Yet despite their importance, contracts in commercial agriculture and the options they offer to promote producer agency are … Contracts are one-sided because producers do not input into their development. One reason for this is the absence of producer … decisions and private sector conduct for locally beneficial and more sustainable investments in commercial agriculture. …
Insight, 16 December 2020
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Foreign investment, law and sustainable development: A handbook on agriculture and extractive industries
… As foreign investments in agriculture and extractive industries increase pressures on land and … of public efforts to ensure that foreign investment contributes to sustainable development. This handbook is about how to use law to make … and how to use it most effectively. The handbook takes an integrated approach that cuts across areas of law typically treated in separate …
Publication, 01 February 2016
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Landscape approaches for mountain community sustainable development in a time of climate change: Policy consultation and South-South exchange workshop
… agrobiodiversity conservation, climate resilience and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, with a particular focus on mountains. The Center for … Food and agriculture … Landscape approaches for mountain community sustainable development in a time of climate change: Policy consultation and …
Publication, 01 October 2016
Jack fruit vendor spreads out their wares on the ground.
Putting informal food systems at the centre of sustainable diets
… and climate change, so that they can "deliver affordable and sustainable healthy diets for all, and decent livelihoods for food … food systems are industrialised and formal, dominated by large-scale agriculture, processing and supermarkets. A move to sustainable diets … poverty. Affordability and informality must be central to a revised approach to sustainable diets. If they remain a privilege of the …
Insight, 16 October 2020
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Post-2015 - framing a new approach to sustainable development
… note, prepared by the Independent Research Forum on a Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda (IRF2015), offers principles and approaches for … goals and strategies can address development issues such as water, agriculture, food and energy security and urbanisation in a way that … Post-2015 - framing a new approach to sustainable development …
Publication, 01 March 2013
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Enhancing agrobiodiversity in smallholder agroforestry systems in Madagascar
… of the Analamanga Regional Branch of the National Platform for Women, Sustainable Development and Food Security (Antenne Régionale Analamanga de la … approaches involving agroforestry and organic, climate-resilient agriculture within the prevailing context of profit-seeking agricultural … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 16 May 2023
Artisanal and small-scale miners in Madagascar show the dynamic nature of the sector (Photo: Fitsum Weldegiorgis/IIED)
Talking sustainable development in the troubled world of ASM
… convening at the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (IGF) in Geneva this week will discuss, ASM … sustainable development programmes. ASM usually co-exists with agriculture, competing for land, water, and productive capacity, and … ASM's potential for sustainable development demands a collaborative approach that can only start with engagement across the sector. IIED has …
Insight, 25 October 2016
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Agriculture, nature conservation or both? Managing trade-offs and synergies in sub-Saharan Africa
… This is becoming one of the greatest challenges in achieving sustainable land use and the Sustainable Development Goals. Greater understanding of trade-offs, and how to … Food and agriculture … Agriculture, nature conservation or both? Managing trade-offs and …
Publication, 01 December 2019
Mecati Forest, Mozambique: a group of charcoal producers clear trees and prepare to make charcoal. Each year more than eight million bags of charcoal are produced by Mozambique's informal sector (Photo: Mike Goldwater/IIED)
The informal economy and sustainable development
… increasingly clear that if attempts to achieve green growth and sustainable development are to succeed, they must be rooted in a sound understanding … sectors . We are studying the drivers and impacts of informality in agriculture, logging, and mining in sub-Saharan Africa . This work aims … Sustainable markets …
Project, 20 January 2016