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People in a food market
Mozambique case study shows that poverty is about much more than income
… the country. These diverge in both form and content from the economic approach. Indeed, the very starting point of this research has been … powerful, sometimes politically-connected, hoard opportunities for development. This reinforces existing divides and limits the social and … Formally, in allocating the funds, priority was to be given to agriculture rather than businesses, women rather than men, and …
Insight, 29 August 2019
Local logging bosses ('patrons') attend a training session on business organisation and forest management in the remote miombo forest near Caia in Central Mozambique (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Mozambique's forest theatre – how will the play end?
… License areas into bigger, longer-term concessions that would allow sustainable forest management to become economically viable. This could … We are engaging local farmers around the idea of conservation agriculture to minimise deforestation from expanding farm areas. We are … into more profitable and sustainable business structures is also an approach being used to tackle deforestation successfully in more than 10 …
Insight, 04 March 2015
A man stands by a tree stump in Mozambique.
REDD+: What is needed to make it work for the poor?
… Doha , to explore the challenges and potential  of a pro-poor REDD+ approach. One big issue is the costs. If REDD+ is going to work for the … from SNV Vietnam showed that in some areas of low return smallholder agriculture in Lam Dong province, REDD+ compensation wouldn’t have to be … Bolsa Floresta (which means Forest Allowance), run by the Amazonas Sustainable Foundation in forest reserves in the Amazonas state Brazil, …
Insight, 06 December 2012
Farmers in Guangxi and Yunnan provinces in Southwestern China have responded to climatic adversity by innovating to increase productivity using less water (Image: IIED)
Why listen to and support the most vulnerable?
Insight, 02 October 2015
Introducing improved climbing bean varieties in Rwanda has transformed beans from a subsistence crop into a cash crop (Photo: Neil Palmer/CIAT via Flickr)
How are Rwanda, Ethiopia and Bangladesh preparing for climate change?
Insight, 24 November 2014
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Participatory Research of Compost and Liquid Manure in Kenya
… manure on maize, using a Participatory Technology Development (PTD) approach. One group comprised conventional farmers while the second comprised farmers using a Low External Input and Sustainable Agriculture (LEISA) approach. The study shows that with this approach, …
Publication, 01 January 1999
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 3 The use of sustainability analysis in Northeast Thailand
… information in rural this for `Sustainability Analysis', one of the development programs. These techniques or first tools to be documented … Rapid Rural Appraisal approaches. However, their adoption by national development programs has been ... … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 January 1988
A food vendor is surrounded by people in a busy street
The two faces of Bandung’s street food: recreation and reliance
… vending has swung between repression and permissiveness. The initial approach in 2005 focused squarely on disincentives and required seven … become more nuanced. City regulations in 2011 for the management and development of street vendors recognise the sector and support its … University, in collaboration with IIED and Hivos as part of the Sustainable Diets for All programme, has raised some important questions …
Insight, 07 August 2019
Sorting apricots in Tajikistan. The diverse and extreme climatic conditions of Central Asia helped farmers develop fruit varieties adaptable to drought and other environmental stresses (Photo: UNDP, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The Paris Agreement – a framework for local inclusion
Insight, 05 February 2016
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Celebrating 25 years
… development and human needs. It highlights IIED’s work across sustainable agriculture, forests and land use, human settlements, drylands, climate … The publication also describes IIED’s distinctive action-oriented approach: combining rigorous research with practical experience and …
Publication, 01 July 1997