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A woman carries a Nile perch landed at Got Kachola, Kenya, where the NGO Renewable World is establishing community-run energy hubs for fish chilling and other local energy needs (Photo: Sarah Best/IIED)
Four challenges to powering local economies
… in specific sectors and sub-sectors, such as small-scale fishing or agriculture. Yet all too often, assessments do not really get to grips … businesses. The Mwenga Hydro project in Tanzania and Smart Power India are two examples. Another tactic is providing business development … is a senior researcher working on energy in IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets research group . …
Insight, 12 September 2016
Are small-scale farmers there to feed themselves and large-scale farmers there to feed the world? Credit: Flickr/Peter Casier
Can small-scale farmers feed the world?
… P.V. Satheesh, founding member of the Deccan Development Society in India, described a network of 5,000 small-scale women farmers in India that is producing food beyond individual households. … that small-scale farming is more efficient, claiming that small-scale sustainable farming could double food production in less than a decade …
Insight, 15 March 2011
New website shows how nature plus culture equals resilience
… people to adapt to environmental change and use biodiversity in a sustainable way,” says Alejandro Argumedo of Asociación Andes, a … research partners and indigenous communities in Peru, Panama, Kenya, India and China to provide: Understanding of the nature and importance … Food and agriculture …
News, 18 May 2011
A host of government leaders made pledges at the 2015 UN Climate Summit hosted by Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (Photos: Saleemul Huq/IIED)
A week that may change the world
… I have had, marching with fellow South Asians from Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan and Bhutan who had come from across … Change (UNFCCC))  and Benin (which chairs the LDC Group in the Sustainable Development Goal negotiations). Big promises at the Climate … Parallel sessions followed, on themes including energy, forestry, agriculture, transport, finance, science and voices from frontline …
Insight, 25 September 2014
The impact of drought on formerly arable land can be seen in Fuyuan county in southwest China's Yunnan province, an area known for its mild climate (Photo: Mingjia Zhou, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Mountain communities being devastated by extreme climate impacts
… typhoons have become more frequent and destructive  Communities in India and Thailand reported giant hailstones damaging housing and crops … of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (INMIP), which includes Bhutan, China, India, Kyrgyzstan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand … Food and agriculture …
News, 18 November 2015
A storm rages over downtown Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, in the early evening (Photo: Jeff_Holmes via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Three ways developing nations can close the climate finance gaps
Insight, 04 April 2014
Cover for G01916.pdf
Pre-Election voters' awareness campaign in Rajasthan
… of participation and democratic governance. It is based in New Delhi, India. For nearly two decades, PRIA has been promoting people- c e n t … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 October 2000
Polluted air coming out of the smoke stacks of a factory in Shanghai, China.
The least developed countries, equity, and a brave new world
… first time, the world's biggest carbon emitters, China, the US and India, will be legally bound. The nations have agreed. The future … to our changing planet, and transferring technologies that allow for sustainable development? Equity. The word buzzes in the corridors of the … this economic vulnerability using factors such as the instability of agriculture production, the economic importance of non-traditional …
Insight, 02 July 2013
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 21 Training village analysts: from PRA methods to process
… outlines how their training leads to monitoring areas. effective and sustainable development programmes. The emphasis is not on creating a … areas, but rather on encouraging villagers to Gujarat State, western India. It was established volunteer to become `para-professionals' in in … a productive, village trainers and encourages them to equitable and sustainable manner. The process conduct training programmes for new …
Publication, 01 January 1994