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Drip irrigation in Faylar village, Senegal. Investing in solar-powered water pumps and drip-feed irrigation systems can help farmers survive in times of drought (Photo: InnoAfrica, Creative Commons via Wikimedia)
Building a vision of climate resilience: questions to the adaptation community
Insight, 06 March 2019
Food and cotton certification schemes are no panacea for poorer producers
… on coffee, tea and cotton produced in China, Vietnam, Indonesia and India. “Schemes such as Rainforest Alliance, UTZ Certified and CAFÉ … Food and agriculture … Sustainable markets …
News, 26 March 2012
A road full of congested traffic.
IIED and partner events at the World Urban Forum (WUF10)
… international gathering for exchanging views and experiences on sustainable urbanisation. IIED’s researchers and partners shared … Speakers: National government representatives from Mexico, Ghana, India and Germany; Mohammed Adjei Sowah, Mayor of Accra (tbc); Naoko … innovative approaches to cope with food insecurity, including urban agriculture and community garden initiatives, community buyers’ …
Event, 08 February 2020
Supporting smallholders: markets, rights, or sovereignty?
… member of the grassroots organisation Deccan Development Society in India, gave an impassioned presentation arguing that the only way to … work. “Almost 99% of the more than quarter million farmer suicides in India over the past decade were small-scale farmers who dreamt of being … He pointed to a successful autonomous market in the Medak district of India, set up 11 years ago and run by 3,000 female farmer shareholders. …
Article, 09 March 2011
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
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IUCN World Conservation Congress 2012
… panellists : H.E. Mr. Tae Pyong JANG Former Minister for Food, Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries of Republic, Korea Mr. Michael MACK … Syngenta Pr. Dr. M.S. SWAMINATHAN Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha, India Ms. Camilla TOULMIN Director, International Institute for … Find out more about the issues covered in this session: Adapting agriculture with traditional knowledge Community Biocultural Protocols: …
Event, 16 August 2012
Nairobi in Kenya is one of many fast-growing cities across Africa (Photo: Stuart Price/Make it Kenya, Creative Commons via Flickr)
African cities can raise more money. Kenya and South Africa offer useful lessons
… tend to be more economically productive than those working in agriculture. And urban Africans typically live longer and have higher … to around 400,000 Kenyans. Pooled funds have been used in Colombia, India, Mexico and the Philippines, but have rarely achieved scale in … and helping local government or utilities mobilise investment for sustainable urban infrastructure. This blog first appeared on the …
Insight, 31 October 2018
People sitting in a pasture
International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (INMIP)
… by the Peruvian indigenous NGO ANDES (Association for Nature and Sustainable Development) . It aims to strengthen the resilience of … and supporting NGOs and research organisations, in Bhutan, China, India, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Taiwan, Tajikistan, … Food and agriculture …
Project, 27 June 2019
Tick tock — it’s the year of forests
… 3.9 billion hectares of forests across the world. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization estimate that, between 2000 and 2005, the … produce more (‘ relative de-coupling ’). For example, in 2006–2007, India’s GDP grew by 8 per cent with only 3.7 per cent growth in its … manage multi-functional forest landscapes, but also control huge sustainable commercial sawmilling and pulp and paper companies. …
Insight, 22 December 2010
Annual report 2007/08
… shaping futures all around the globe: in short, the human face of sustainable development. Featured project highlights Climate change … to ensure future agreements are democratic and effective. Supporting India’s crop resilience experts:  many village women in India’s … chain’: bringing the 1.9 billion rural poor who depend on small-scale agriculture into today’s ‘plot to plate’ system. Communications Weaving …
Page, 23 December 2008