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An excerpt from the 'Valuing variability: new perspectives on climate resilient drylands development' book (Image: IIED)
Reviving knowledge in India's rainfed farming and livestock systems
… crucial as around 68 per cent of its 142 million hectares of arable land is under rainfed agriculture, accounting for a significant amount … food security and sustainability than monocultures, and Unless planning and implementation for rainfed systems is undertaken at a more … recognise variability as an inherent feature of their landscapes and use it productively for generating the foods we all eat. The team behind …
News, 20 August 2015
Market Analysis and Development training course participants (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Bolivia's indigenous peoples drive forest farm innovation to benefit Mother Earth
… government of Evo Morales has completely inverted the situation of land and resource ownership. Of the 57 million hectares of land titled … change through business models that put the holistic nature of sustainable forest farm management at the foundation. MCMA is currently … staff. Too often, political powers at community level were allowed to use hard-won reinvestment funds for short terms social objectives. For …
Insight, 25 November 2014
A pinch of salt from Namaacha
… Strengthening local communities’ rights to and capacity for sustainable forest management is critical to making REDD work in … reported , IIED's foresty team went to visit Goba, the ‘charcoal land’, for which there is no realistic short-term energy alternative. … leaders explained their successful quest for a land title, their land use zoning and sustainable management plan, their solid association and …
Insight, 17 December 2010
Crops float on water
Time to team up with nature to adapt to climate change
… million for landscape solutions that tackle biodiversity loss and sustainable livelihoods on a big scale and Germany providing €200 … Meanwhile, 19 global businesses under the World Business Council for Sustainable Development - including Mars, Danone and Nestlé – launched …
Insight, 26 September 2019
A large group of people sit under a tree and talk.
We need more integrity between the treatment of forests at home and abroad
… unleash private sector investment in small-scale forest farms to make sustainable land use systems profitable. Is it for this reason that the government of …
Insight, 02 October 2012
The 'Diffa; The Morning Light' video is one of a series of videos exploring the impact of climate change on drylands pastoralists (Image: IIED)
Pastoralism videos/Vidéos pastoralisme
Article, 15 June 2011
A dish of amatehe
Protecting indigenous foods, preserving biodiversity – the solutions are in nature
… plants is not widespread.  Other factors, including a decline in land dedicated to indigenous agriculture, threaten the survival of … Evidence provides answers An IIED-Hivos study carried out under the Sustainable Diets for All (SD4All) programme  calls on local and … Download:  Putting indigenous foods and food systems at the heart of sustainable food and nutrition security in Uganda …
Insight, 22 May 2020
Cover for 14568IIED.pdf
The evolution of Casa Pueblo, Puerto Rico: From mining opposition to community revolution
… It implements this through community culture (i.e. through the use of art, music and field action), information gathering, sound … has also changed national mining and forestry policy. It has promoted sustainable forestry, developing a string of pro-poor, pro-environment … to create a national forest fund for the purchase and conservation of land of high ecological value; created the nation’s first biological …
Publication, 01 August 2008
The Nebbou area, between Ouagadougou and Leo, a dry reservoir used for the manufacture of handmade bricks in Burkina Faso (Photo: Ollivier Girard/Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR))
Archive of completed drylands and pastoralist projects
… Mali for more than 35 years. The research has examined changes in land use, social structures and livelihoods, and has highlighted growing … with partners to show that, with supportive policies, drylands can be sustainable and highly productive ecosystems where pastoralists manage …
Article, 17 December 2012
Cover for 6056IIED.pdf
Community First: Landcare in Australia
Publication, 01 January 1994