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In the distance across a large field of plants, a farmer tends to his crop.
Revisiting smallholder inclusion in modern value chains as a path to sustainable development
… Including farmers in modern value chains has been one of the central goals of development over the last 20 years. Smallholder farming is a key source … opportunities and capacities of smallholders in an environmentally sustainable way is critical for achieving multiple Sustainable … Sustainable markets … Revisiting smallholder inclusion in modern value chains as a path to sustainable development …
Project, 16 August 2022
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Better lives, smaller footprints: how the sustainable development goals can help
… make a difference brings a grounded perspective to debate on how the Sustainable Development Goals can be designed to work most effectively in practice. Fair Ideas … Better lives, smaller footprints: how the sustainable development goals can help …
Publication, 01 June 2012
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Helping ourselves: tactics for improving internal governance of forest and farm producer organisations
… FFPOs play a vital role in delivering climate-resilient livelihoods, sustainable natural resource management, and inclusive development in forest and farm landscapes. Yet without strong internal … trust, facing operational inefficiencies and failing to achieve their goals. This report explores what good internal governance looks like in …
Publication, 23 October 2025
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Connecting for common goals
… year, this paper considers the organisation’s role across ten key sustainable development movements. Rather than offer an ‘official history’, this … and wider sustainable development literature. 'Connecting for common goals' proposes that IIED has found a niche within a number of movements … Connecting for common goals …
Publication, 26 May 2022
Residents of an informal settlement in Pune, India, discuss the results of a survey and how best to upgrade their homes and settlement, guided by Mahila Milan, a grassroots network formed by savings groups of women slum and pavement dwellers (Photo: SPARC)
Wanted: Urban data revolution for post 2015 sustainable development goals
… indicators to use to measure and monitor progress towards these new goals. But there is little discussion of how to gather the data needed to encourage, serve and support such goals. And the data that does exist is often so poor as to be useless. … about the way the list of indicators suggested for the post-2015 development goals fails to address the vast limitations in the existing …
Insight, 16 April 2014
High-level delegates at the fourth Climate and Development Ministerial in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Climate and Development Ministerial: bridging trust and accelerating action for climate-vulnerable nations
… (LDCs) couldn’t be higher. For these countries, securing sufficient, sustainable finance is not just an economic issue – it’s a matter of … be confined to formal negotiations. Processes like the Climate and Development Ministerial (C&DM) play a crucial role in mobilising greater … in 2021, the C&DM was initiated to unite and support climate and development ministers to address the priorities of countries vulnerable …
Insight, 07 November 2024
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Sustainable seafood and small-scale fisheries: improving retail procurement
Publication, 25 January 2023
Woman standing in water, fishing using a big netted basket.
Reflections on UNOC3 and strengthening coastal stewardship
… action and mobilising all actors’ to advance implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14 . Yet the people most invested in the future of our … Network, who pointed to the title of ocean action panel 5, ‘fostering sustainable fisheries management including supporting small-scale … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 23 June 2025
A chimney expelling smoke.
Waking up: the vital long-term finance goal of the Paris Agreement
… a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development". The last of three interlinked long-term goals, Article 2.1c sits alongside two more recognised and advanced … this will involve: Diversifying national economies to create sustainable alternatives and jobs for those in sectors and …
Insight, 02 August 2022
A group of five men and women gather and talk on a field, while a tractor ploughs the field in the background.
ALIGN responsive support facility
… and middle-income countries can be a key factor to advancing economic development and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). But risks of land dispossession, environmental degradation …
Project, 14 August 2025