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Transforming mining through dialogue
… (ASM) can make a positive contribution to inclusive and equitable sustainable development and growth. IIED’s ASM dialogue programme provides a much … and productive employment across the mining sector and complementary rural livelihoods. By ensuring that all stakeholders participate, that … Sustainable markets …
Publication, 01 September 2016
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Multiple Pathways: case studies of sustainable agriculture in China
… agricultural biodiversity. Coupled with the dramatic depopulation of rural areas and high-profile food safety scares, these challenges are prompting the emergence of a growing movement towards sustainable agriculture, witnessed by the rise in ecological farms, … supported, both in China and elsewhere. As China is a laboratory for development in many respects, its experience is highly relevant for …
Publication, 01 December 2015
A group of women stand around a table and write on a white piece of paper.
Advancing gender equity through women producers’ dialogue series
… of women is considered essential for poverty reduction and sustainable economic development. The enhancement of gender equity and women’s agency is one … (FFPOs). Formal and informal producer organisations can help rural communities overcome poverty and facilitate their access to …
Article, 11 July 2023
Agricultural development: business as usual is not an option
… This question and ways forward were discussed at the Food we want – Sustainable, Local, Fair event held at IIED last week. Food security is …  It’s a complex issue, interlinked with health, sustainable economic development, environment and trade. The majority of farmers in Africa … With urban migration, there are fewer young people left in rural areas, leaving mainly older women and children running the farm. …
Insight, 05 April 2012
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Comment la politique foncière du Libéria a pris corps grâce aux villageois
… de leur Programme sur la protection des terres communautaires, le Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) et Namati se sont lancés dans un projet de …
Publication, 01 October 2014
Boys herd family cows in Wakesi, Kenya while dark grey storm clouds gather behind.
Looking beyond land to support rural youth
… was one of the conclusions of participants at a provocative seminar ‘ Rural youth today, farmers tomorrow? in The Hague last week (24 May). … by IIED and Hivos — saw policymakers, academics, donors and other development actors gather for two and a half hours of debate around … small-scale agriculture and young people — in particular, asking how development policy and practice can support the needs and priorities of …
Insight, 30 May 2012
Community-based adaptation in Bangladesh. Photo: G.M.B. Akash/PANOS
Developing nations put climate change adaptation at the centre of planning
News, 25 April 2013
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Improving the governance of rural water points in Wajir County
… Despite large investments in water development and the decentralisation of water service delivery, Wajir … Improving the governance of rural water points in Wajir County …
Publication, 01 February 2019
A farmer in a buckwheat field close to harvest time in Gansu Province, China. The country's agriculture is currently facing major environmental challenges (Photo: Han Jianping)
Sustainable agriculture in China: then and now
… IIED and China Agricultural University (CAU) co-hosted a workshop on Sustainable Agricultural Development and Cooperation in Beijing on 20 March, 2015.    Chinese … food. In the context of the large-scale migration of peasants from rural areas seeking better opportunities in the cities, Shared Harvest … Sustainable agriculture in China: then and now …
Insight, 26 March 2015
Temegnush Dhabi owns a two-hectare farm in central Ethiopia, growing chick peas. "I’m no longer seen as a poor widow but a successful farmer" (Photo: The Gates Foundation via Flickr)
Women's land rights and Africa's development conundrum – which way forward?
… How can African countries use land policies to ensure agricultural development and inclusive growth? Particularly in countries which are … them with insecure tenure effectively prevents roughly a half of the rural population from secure access to their primary production asset. … yet food imports are rising. It is increasingly recognised that more sustainable and more productive land use is dependent upon more secure …
Insight, 12 December 2014