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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?
… and practitioners gathered to discuss how best to support the development of small-scale farmers. Success stories It is true that … “Small-scale farming is creating employment and contributing to rural development… It is better at preserving ecosystems because … … 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
'Land grabbing' in the shadow of the law in Africa
… may be vague or poorly implemented. And only a tiny proportion of rural people in Africa have registered their land due to costly and … and that mechanisms are established to promote more inclusive and sustainable investments. For this to happen, international law must be … agricultural investments. For example, the African Union, the African Development Bank and the UN Economic Commission for Africa recently held …
Insight, 13 October 2011
PLA 35: Community Water Management
Article, 31 May 1999
REDD+ project design: 10 points to consider so the poor don’t lose out
… such as payments for ecosystem services, integrated conservation and development programmes, community-based natural resource management, and … argued that cash payments would ease the budget constraints that the rural poor usually face and allow them to meet their basic needs. …
Insight, 30 January 2012
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PLA 38: Participatory Processes in the North
… and in the UK, projects on urban planning in Japan and community development in Scotland and Ireland, adaptating REFLECT for work with … Kees Blok Review of the Francophone exchange meeting on participatory development in Francophone Africa: results and strategies for the future … Dart,Geoff Dysdale, David Cole and Mark Saddington, Articulating the rural voice - a case study from Northern Ireland Gareth Harper …
Article, 31 May 2000
Mr Yi, the manager of the processing facility, instructs some of the Mozambican workforce of Mr Forest Ltd (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
A Chinese passion: adding value to Mozambique's timber exports
… But early last year, the Mozambique Ministry of Land, Environment and Rural Development (MITADER) imposed a log export ban, driven by rampant …
Insight, 10 April 2017