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Meceburi Forest, near Nampula, Mozambique (Photo: Mike Goldwater)
The Musketeers of development
… of "All for one and one for all" as we ride into the melée of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) negotiation process? Let's look at … economic opportunity and market access?   We need coherence in our approach to food systems and growth through trade and business − and … supply and soil quality, they are an integral part of sustainable agriculture. Want to ensure a supply of freshwater? Restoration of …
Insight, 16 July 2014
Agricultural research must change radically to realise people's right to food
… top-down and increasingly corporate controlled research systems to an approach which devolves more responsibility and decision-making power to … the need to transform knowledge — using ecology as the basis for sustainable agriculture and de-colonialising economics from narrow definitions of … Food and agriculture …
News, 16 February 2007
Bester Glandson was lent land and taught to grow soy and groundnuts with support from the National Smallholder Farmers' Association of Malawi (NASFAM) (Photo: Olivier Girard/EIF, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Building transparency and trust into smallholder commodity trading and contract farming
… which are insufficient to be traded on exchanges. An incentive-based approach to contract farming – which moves away from a system that … seminar supported through IIED’s ' Empowering Producers in Commercial agriculture (EPIC) ' initiative. Our featured speakers were Cuan … sector conduct in favour of bottom-up, locally beneficial and more sustainable investments in commercial agriculture. EPIC is funded by UK …
Insight, 13 November 2018
Women at an outside meeting sat on the floor under trees
Protecting indigenous cultures is crucial for saving the world’s biodiversity
… knowledge is effective in conserving biodiversity and regulating sustainable resource use, including hunting, wild harvesting, fishing, … five Quechua communities. The park shows how the biocultural heritage approach can achieve multiple conservation and development goals. Day of … across all of the sectors that are driving their loss, including agriculture, mining and forestry, if the diversity of life is to …
Insight, 18 February 2020
A small farm near the Scottish town of Crief
Understanding the role of small farms in Europe (SALSA)
… European Union (EU). SALSA (Small farms, small food businesses and sustainable food and nutrition security) is a research project, funded … it? These are some of the question that SALSA aims to answer. The approach: multi-country and multi-disciplinary The SALSA team, … production in the African continent and has been a central part of development research and policy in recent decades. By including five …
Project, 06 November 2018
A flooded street
How the Philippines’ national M&E system integrates climate and development
Article, 30 October 2019
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Thirty Cabbages: Greening the agricultural 'Life Science' industry
… shifts in corporate attitudes' necessary for making progress towards sustainable development, which the Business Council for Sustainable Development … for such companies in a more regenerative, less extractive agriculture, can be identified by an alliance between industry and the … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 January 1999
IIED's 2017 strategy update
Our strategy: 2014-2019
… period from 2019. Our strategic priorities The signing of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 and the 2016 Paris Agreement on climate … of risk management and resilience Encouraging a decentralised approach to climate funds and investment in local climate-positive …
Page, 29 July 2022
Headshots of 4 people
Shifting the power – climate justice means gender justice: Make Change Happen podcast episode 16
Article, 29 March 2022
A man and woman standing in a field
Difficult choices: balancing competing priorities on Burkina Faso farms
… It has a fast growing population and an economy highly dependent on agriculture. The country is characterised by rain-fed subsistence … farmers in eight villages – four in each commune – how they defined ‘sustainable intensification’. Based on their criteria, we developed a … flow was an issue and they had no option than to take the short-term approach. What needs to change? There are some key policy …
Article, 26 April 2020