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Matoke sellers in Uganda. Photo: Bill Vorley
Small producer agency in the globalised market
… under the spotlight as part of the answer to creating a more sustainable food future. Some of the challenges facing small-scale … small-scale producers in an era of globalisation and big changes in rural areas, and to provide new insights that can help in designing … assumptions, impacts, benefits and risks of approaches taken by the development community to ‘make markets work’ for small-scale farmers. …
Project, 14 May 2013
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Linking Conservation, Equity and Poverty Alleviation: Understanding profiles and motivations of resource users and local perceptions of governance at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
… most densely populated regions of Africa. Integrated Conservation and Development (ICD) initiatives have been promoted as a way of protecting … over national park conservation were as important a driver as rural poverty, and the more involved in decision-making people felt, the … also as a necessity if conservation efforts are to be effective and sustainable. …
Publication, 01 August 2014
Zenital view of a woman, wearing a headscarf, holding a spoon and a bowl with greens in front of a pot with more greens.
Household energy: a missing ingredient in nutrition debates
… sources or cooking technologies do not worsen dietary outcomes. Development practitioners and donors have spent millions of dollars … as firewood and animal dung among the resource-poor, largely in the rural global South. But these interventions have had limited success, …
Insight, 21 February 2022
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Making change happen: what can governments do to strengthen forest producer organizations?
… forest producers are critical for local livelihoods, markets and development and for the future of the natural resources on which such … and their roles in reducing poverty, improving food security in rural areas and restoring and enhancing the sustainability of resource … and REDD+. Governments at all levels have key roles to play in the development of effective FPOs. This paper explores the scope, strategies …
Publication, 01 July 2014
Aerial view of informal settlement
Reducing urban poverty – lessons not learnt?
… accommodation. These burdens are more serious in urban contexts than rural because of the larger and denser concentration of people and their … through local institutions to engage with and support community-led development, as in the work of the Akiba Mashinani Trust in Kenya. And … of disaggregation needed for planning poverty reduction. The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals call for more disaggregated data – but …
Insight, 10 August 2021
Women preparing tapioca
Tapioca tech in Togo – how producers are organising to transform lives and land
… improve fertility, and the agroforestry system provides a basis for sustainable subsistence – at least if populations do not grow too much … took part in FFF-funded business training called Market Analysis and Development .  The training inspired ideas about how to better organise … partnership agreement with the National Project for the Promotion of Rural Entrepreneurship (PNPER). This will allow them to support 200 …
Insight, 05 February 2020
A woman serving food at a street stall
Common cause with people in the food systems of the majority
… of growing recognition that we’re way off course to meet the second Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) – to end hunger, improve nutrition and green … government to recognise Zambia’s local food vendors , to support rural communities in Uganda to revive indigenous foods , and to improve …
Insight, 22 June 2020
People serving food
Podcast: Improving climate budgeting during COVID-19
News, 05 June 2020
A farmer in Tanzania shows the effects of drought on her maize crop. Farmers in developing countries, and women farmers in particular, find it difficult to get multi-peril crop insurance (Photo: Anne Wangalachi, CIMMYT, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Insuring farmers – adapting to climate change
… and projections, according to an International Fund for Agricultural Development guide (PDF) .   Contracts pay out when a certain measurement … elements to better support farmers. In Ethiopia and Senegal, the Rural Resilience Initiative (R4)  has targeted smallholder farmers … ( [email protected] ) is a consultant working with IIED's Sustainable Markets Group . …
Insight, 16 July 2015
Group photo Guinea
Global Water Initiative: Guinea
… of hydropower feeding into the emerging West African power pool The development of large-scale irrigated agriculture – to improve … displace approximately 48,000 people – in 58 villages, grouped in six rural communities (known as 'communes rurales'). It will also affect … and will need to be compensated for; planning for long-term local development is also key. There is a need, recognised by the NBA as well …
Project, 16 February 2018