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How can sector governance models drive sustainability performance in smallholder-dominated agricultural sectors?
… Governance of agricultural sectors and commodity markets can have significant influence on their performance, and good governance is key to achieving ‘sector quality’. High quality sectors are resilient in … in rural communities; and have a good product reputation on world markets. High quality sectors support progress towards ‘farm quality’ – …
Publication, 01 April 2015
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Tipping the Balance: Policies to shape agricultural investments and markets in favour of small-scale farmers
… policy play in ensuring that commercial investment and agricultural markets benefit smallholder producers, both women and men, while … and market governance at a national level in supporting inclusive sustainable development. This report identifies key policy levers that can tip commercial investments in favour of …
Publication, 01 December 2012
IIED's Fitsum Weldegiorgis presents at the action dialogue on artisanal and small-scale mining in Tanzania (Photo: Steve Aanu)
'The time is right' for dialogue about sustainable ASM in Tanzania
… ASM workforce and often face the greatest hardships.  Preparation was key IIED and its partners ran a series of preparatory workshops and … and good practices that demonstrate how ASM can be an engine for sustainable development in Tanzania.  Their reflections started at the … Access to finance Access to data, technology and equipment Access to markets Strengthening ASM businesses, and Empowering women in ASM. …
Project, 19 January 2017
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The State of Sustainability Initiatives Review 2010: Sustainability and Transparency
… governance, criteria coverage and implementation practices of key initiatives (such as Fairtrade Labelling Organizations … International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements, GLOBALGAP, Sustainable Forestry Initiative, Social Accountability 8000, and 4C … policy makers and other stakeholders seeking to build more sustainable supply chains. See also State of Sustainability Initiative …
Publication, 01 November 2010
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Promoting women’s influence in their food systems. Women's influence within food systems outcomes in the Sustainable Diets for All programme
Publication, 21 December 2020
Which is the best approach when working for sustainable energy for all? (Photo: Bernard Polet, via Flickr)
How can we finance sustainable energy for all?
… of these challenges in November at a one-day workshop on 'Financing sustainable energy for all', co-hosted by the International Institute … what circumstances can it be made to work? These are some of the key questions research on pro-poor access to electricity is seeking to … tell. Where the market does not reach: Understanding the areas that markets cannot reach (disaster relief areas, the very poorest urban and …
Insight, 15 December 2014
Woman farmer holds a machete to a cocoa plant
Civil society perspectives on the living income differential for cocoa producers
… for the LID, others have tried to reject or circumvent the relevant markets to avoid paying the premiums. Others have tried to negotiate … Formation and Inkota) to better access data on the cocoa value chain (key actors, production costs, living income calculations and so on), and … decisions and private sector conduct for locally beneficial and more sustainable investments in commercial agriculture.  …
Insight, 23 August 2021
Outdoor shopping arcade with business adverts
Productive uses of energy support sustainable and resilient livelihoods in least developed countries
… energy (PUE), especially when powered by renewables, can support more sustainable and resilient livelihoods … to synergise economic development with PUE.  Affordability of PUE is key to who will benefit and how. The cost of electrical appliances and … to enable economies, it can further universal energy access and sustainable development.   Download Productive uses of energy for …
News, 16 September 2021
A fish market in Vĩnh Trường, Vietnam. More than 300 million people are directly or indirectly employed by the fisheries sector, and must be addressed by the oceans SDG (Photo: Khánh Hmoong, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
A sustainable ocean by 2030
… era for the world's oceans as the global community signs up to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Goal 14 calls on states to … the attention they deserve and have been recognised as one of the key pillars of sustainable development. I even heard someone compare … senior researcher in environmental economics in the Sustainable Markets Group . …
Insight, 14 September 2015
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Resource nationalism and sustainable development: a primer and key issues
… particularly oil and gas. The report "Resource nationalism and sustainable development: a primer and key issues" by Halina Ward provides a conceptual, legal and practical … considers how resource nationalism contributes to, or detracts from, sustainable development. … Sustainable markets … Resource nationalism and sustainable development: a primer and key issues …
Publication, 01 May 2009