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Forest and Farm Facility Annual Report 2021
… forest and farm producer organisations representing smallholders, rural women, forest communities and Indigenous Peoples as a means for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and responding to climate change. It has been …
Publication, 22 March 2022
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In the Hands of the People: An Indian case of watershed development
… The case study examines the Indian government's new national Watershed Development Programme, launched in April 1995. This programme was … of the elements of a policy which, on the face of it, would support sustainable agriculturally-based rural livelihoods (SARLs). It laid the foundations for a 'bottom-up' …
Publication, 01 January 2002
A girl studies under the light of a rechargeable solar lamp
Improving people’s access to sustainable energy
… researches the potential of initiatives to improve people’s access to sustainable energy to promote socio-economic development and reduce poverty. Adapting initiatives to specific social, … and Kenya presenting recommendations on how to provide and implement rural electrification projects in developing countries; a report …
Project, 26 October 2012
Drying medicinal plants, the knowledge of which is passed down through generations. In South Asia alone, there are more than 8,000 plant species with known medicinal value (Photo: Bioversity International/B. Sthapit)
Sustaining local food systems and agricultural biodiversity
… and the various systems (for example, livelihoods, food and rural development) in which local biodiversity was embedded, and Make … assessments of different visions of food, farming and rural development futures An international farmers exchange for mutual …
Project, 15 August 2013
Woman farmer holds a machete to a cocoa plant
Civil society perspectives on the living income differential for cocoa producers
… but despite producers being at the heart of the living income debate, development and management of the LID – as the panellists discussed − … and Agribusiness (CASA) programme .  EPIC aims to empower rural producers and wider communities to influence public decisions and private sector conduct for locally beneficial and more sustainable investments in commercial agriculture.  …
Insight, 23 August 2021
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Yaoundé Declaration: statement concerning community forestry in the Congo Basin region
… 2019 to discuss the lessons from the recent years of community forest development in the Congo Basin, especially in the context of the … around community forestry in the region can place it at the heart of rural development. It’s about sustainable forest landscape management, community empowerment and …
Publication, 01 March 2019
As a mountainous country, Bhutan faces particular environmental challenges (Photo: Göran Höglund, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Q&A: A pragmatic approach
… Bhutan has had a head start when it comes to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with sustainable development one of the four … happiness goal, more and more people are coming around. "I work with rural communities that barely have any material goods, and yet I have …
Article, 27 July 2016
Four young Ethiopian men standing in a field of cabbages
Africa’s evolving food systems
… managing natural resources, protecting the environment, and achieving sustainable development. However, the debates around the specific policies and … urbanised population, while increasing household incomes for rural producers, have given rise to fierce debate and contested …
Project, 20 November 2019
A person standing looking at steep hillsides with terraced fields.
Loss and damage in Rwanda: a young climate activist reports
Insight, 03 September 2020
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Background note for the High-level Event on Sustainable Energy for LDCs (New York, 23 September 2013)
… Sustainable energy holds the key to resolving the two major challenges … of these stories. At the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), Member States expressed their determination “to … 27% of urban dwellers have access to modern fuels, while a mere 3% of rural dwellers have access. These rates are much lower than for other …
Publication, 01 September 2013