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Indigenous Peoples' Food Systems and Biocultural Heritage: Addressing Indigenous Priorities Using Decolonial and Interdisciplinary Research Approaches
… and local workshops with communities in coastal Kenya, northeast India and southwest China. Indigenous participants highlighted the role … sustainability and resilience to pandemics, and threats from agriculture, development and conservation policies. They called for … land rights and food sovereignty; and the impacts of industrial agriculture on Indigenous food systems, stressing the need for …
Publication, 30 September 2022
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SIFOR submission to the UNFCCC on agriculture
… (China), Kenya Forestry Research Institute (Kenya), Lok Chetna Manch (India) and ANDES (Peru). The challenges of food security, feeding a … in marginal areas such mountains and drylands. Green Revolution agriculture has significantly increased crop yields through high … that enhance productivity, food security and resilience in a sustainable manner in mountain and dryland mixed crop-livestock systems. …
Publication, 01 March 2016
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ICRISAT AND CO. The CGIAR Centre in India
… on the commercialisation of smallholder farming is helping to promote sustainable smallholder agriculture and food security. It has been commissioned by ADARSA (the … the CGIAR Centres based in Asia. ICRISAT has had its headquarters in India for the last 40 years. Its 40th anniversary in 2012 seemed a good …
Publication, 01 March 2014
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The power of ‘tech plus people’ in collective climate action
Publication, 20 October 2022
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Reviving knowledge: India’s rainfed farming, variability and diversity
… More than two thirds of India’s arable land is under rainfed farming. Local and national … their capacity to work with the diversity and variability of rainfed agriculture. But with support that complements the variable nature of … Food and agriculture … Reviving knowledge: India’s rainfed farming, variability and diversity …
Publication, 01 August 2015
View of the town of Pisaq in Peru, near the Potato Park Biocultural Heritage Territory
Indigenous biocultural heritage for sustainable development
… about the potential for Indigenous biocultural heritage to support sustainable development. Funded by the British Academy , the project …   The Lingsey-Lingseykha communities near Kalimpong, West Bengal, India, include seven ethnic groups, mainly Lepcha and Limbu, whose … landscapes. The project assessed the contribution of traditional agriculture to  Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2  objectives which …
Project, 29 April 2019
Women farmers sorting their carrot harvest in Karnal District in the Indian state of Haryana (Photo: Nirmal Sigtia, IWMI/CCAFS, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Women in rural India are nature’s guardians
… and researcher who has worked at the grassroots in the Himalayas in India for 20 years. Her work focuses on strengthening biological and … forests to fertile soils, rich water sources to vast grazing lands, India has an abundance of natural resources. How would you describe … land and water conservation. These practices are environmentally sustainable and economically viable – often more so than many of the …
Article, 30 October 2018
An excerpt from the 'Valuing variability: new perspectives on climate resilient drylands development' book (Image: IIED)
Reviving knowledge in India's rainfed farming and livestock systems
… A new book that challenges those who see India's rainfed agriculture and livestock systems as inherently … per cent of its 142 million hectares of arable land is under rainfed agriculture, accounting for a significant amount of major food and … Reviving knowledge in India's rainfed farming and livestock systems …
News, 20 August 2015
Field with mountains in the background
G20 leaders urged to replicate Cabo Verde debt restructure for other countries
… around the world. G20 finance ministers met recently in Bengaluru, India and have agreed to prepare information on the global debt … on this vital issue.  In ' Redesigning debt swaps for a more sustainable future ' IIED researchers lay out lessons from their … biodiversity responsibilities including the Ministry of Environment, Agriculture, Fisheries and Energy. Local partners with expertise in …
News, 08 March 2023
Farmers and extension workers jointly assessing an okra field in Balkh Province, Northern Afghanistan
Agricultural Research for Development: Are we moving in the right direction?
… the Institute of Himalayan Environmental Research and Education in India, presented the perspectives and commitments of those NGOs present … increasing the incomes and improving the livelihoods of farmers on a sustainable basis, while providing nutritional food to their family … . This was surprising given that the CGIAR co-organised the 4th Agriculture and Rural Development Day in Rio+20, which demanded, in its …
Insight, 07 November 2012