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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?
… food production is increasingly compromised by climate change and land degradation. With nearly a billion people already going hungry, how … farmers, who will need to find ways to produce more food, on less land. But is that right? Are small-scale farmers there to feed … 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
Seeds carefully picked from a pile of rotting and old beans in Mali.
Food waste: can grassroots initiatives stop us throwing good food in the bin?
… – from hunger and nutrition, to climate change, deforestation and land degradation. Learning how less-wasteful cultures place value on … to waste food. In developed countries, the responsibility for planning family meals, and maintaining a stock of foodstuffs, fresh and … food varieties, a cooperative of women have set up Papamanka , a sustainable restaurant. The women there demonstrated a deep respect for …
Insight, 04 June 2013
Water kiosks in Zambia provide safe drinking water for poor households in peri urban areas of Chipata. Careful consideration of the affordability of water services for the urban poor is vital to provide universal and equitable access to safe and affordable water for everyone by 2030 (Photo: SuSanA Secretariat, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Improved water access unaffordable for urban poor
… as a way to improve provision and modernise water utilities. The new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include a target (6.1) to provide … water to informal settlements for fear of legitimising residents' land claims and rights. But the new corporatised water companies came … SDG 6.1 in low-income urban communities will require careful planning, perhaps including using public subsidies. In making these …
Insight, 22 March 2016
A new President: what does this mean for Bulgaria’s energy sector?
… substantial potential for generating power from biomass (with 90% of land being arable, agricultural or forested), as well as hydro and … Plevneliev’s first year in power and the UN International Year of Sustainable Energy for All . He should seize the opportunity to boost … opportunities, benefit the environment and provide more secure and sustainable long-term energy systems for the local population. Read …
Insight, 17 January 2012
2015 is a critical year for sustainable development: IIED is tracking the route to Paris and COP21 in December (Image: IIED)
Walking along the road to Paris
… globally – the essentials of life on this shared planet: climate, and sustainable development. The Paris climate summit and the Sustainable … groups. For example, improving African women's access to land, inputs, and credit would raise farm productivity by 15-20 per … to market... If you want to achieve something big, you need to start planning and investing early. That means that, for 2015, it's too late …
Insight, 15 June 2015
Responding to climate change in the Caribbean
Insight, 05 July 2011
Manantali dam in Mali (Photo: OMVS/SOGEM via Google license)
Dams in Africa: Combining national and local development
… the complex and conflicting demands for water storage, energy and land in many parts of Africa create powerful arguments on both sides of … The project has been flawed, with a lack of transparency during the planning and construction phase, and criticism of the environmental … what they think of these questions, but the true test of inclusive sustainable progress lies in giving equal weight to both local and …
Insight, 09 December 2014
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… Botswana. Ecol. Econom. 23 (2), 113-133 Adinarayana J. (undated): Land Use Sustainability Assessment: A Service to the Rural Resource Planner. … in South Africa: Where Are We Going? Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 37, 227-242 Baedeker C., Heuer P., Klemisch H., …
Publication, 01 January 1970
A Rwandan farmer checks his coffee beans. A banana tree is visible behind him.
Rwanda: test case on international commitment to financing climate change adaptation?
Insight, 06 March 2013
Mary Robinson addresses the Development and Climate Days, with (from left to right), Katharine Mach, IPCC; Claudia Martinez, CDKN; Janos Pasztor, UN (Photo: Climate Centre, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Mary Robinson: global solidarity needed to confront climate crisis
Insight, 09 December 2015