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A women puts food into an outdoor oven
Keeping Bolivia’s culture alive through food
… need to recognise the critical role that food can play in achieving sustainable development. Given the economic, social and environmental … on the menu. To do so they use MIGA’s ‘Regional Food Heritage (RFG)’ approach. This involves studying, revaluing, documenting and reviving … year, MIGA, alongside the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), held the event ‘Sowing encounters of flavours and …
Insight, 18 June 2019
Local villagers receive wildlife training in the Mbarang'andu Wildlife Management Area in Tanzania, which incorporates seven villages. (Photo: WWF/USAID Biodiversity & Forestry, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Communities, livelihoods and sustainable wildlife management
… or other) need to outweigh the costs of living with wildlife.  Sustainable solutions that meet both conservation and human development goals require an inclusive and equitable approach to wildlife management, where local communities are central to … In November 2018, IIED principal researcher told the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations  how we need to maximise …
Article, 14 November 2018
Harvesting paddy fields
Ensuring small holders aren't squeezed out of agricultural investments
… opened borders and cut business taxes; or the New Vision for Agriculture , an initiative backed by the world's largest food and … (commercial) investors. There are two fundamental problems with this approach, especially when applied to agriculture, a major focus of international donors and national governments alike. Small farm development can not only provide a commercially viable option but can …
Insight, 06 December 2012
Woman adding stickers to a poster on the wall
The inconvenient truth about ‘capacity’ strengthening in global development
… Everyone wants poverty in low-income countries to decline. We want development outcomes to be sustainable and based on local solutions that are embedded in, and owned … foster capacity strengthening as a two-way street.      Towards a new approach We need to learn more about the structural as well as … Food and agriculture …
Insight, 08 December 2020
An African man makes a speech in front of a banner in Chinese
Our previous work on China
Article, 01 August 2019
Cover for 12573IIED.pdf
Agricultural investments in Southeast Asia: Legal tools for public accountability
… countries have experienced a surge in large land deals for plantation agriculture. Against this backdrop, civil society organisations have … empower citizens, build accountability and shape investments for sustainable development. This report has been produced under IIED’s Legal tools for …
Publication, 01 January 2014
Cover for 16512IIED.pdf
Climate change and agriculture: can market governance mechanisms reduce emissions from the food system fairly and effectively?
… Climate and agriculture are inextricably linked: the climate affects agricultural … What impact do they have on adaptation and other aspects of sustainable development? Are they able to balance the competing demands of producers … Sustainable markets … Climate change and agriculture: can market governance mechanisms reduce emissions from the …
Publication, 01 May 2012
Cover for 17654IIED.pdf
Rebalancing power in global food chains through a “Ways of Working” approach: an experience from Kenya
Publication, 01 August 2019
Two rice terraces with a small forest growing between them in Nepal.
Nepal: Forestry and agriculture and the story of their fake divorce
… buffalo.   Agroforestry is the mainstay of the country’s economy with agriculture and forestry together contributing 32 per cent of the … The increase in forest cover in the foothills is mainly due to the sustainable management of forest resources promoted by Community … the last year the MFP has successfully tested a multi-stakeholder approach and has created forums where civil society, non-governmental …
Insight, 18 July 2013
Peer review of The Netherlands National Strategy for Sustainable Development
Project, 01 May 2008