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Wind power turbines and electricity pylons alongside one another in China
Delivering energy access for all: Make Change Happen podcast episode 2
… podcast  offers an opportunity to listen to researchers discuss key global development challenges and explain how they are working to … the potential to improve the ways in which services are delivered. Sustainable Development Goal 7  aims to ensure access to affordable, … solutions and be responsive to changing technologies, contexts, and markets. There is still a long way to go to achieve energy access for …
Article, 14 November 2019
Two women sitting down and speaking to each other.
Sustaining coffee producers’ agency in the context of COVID-19
… in Kenya that aims to tackle barriers to an inclusive, fair and sustainable coffee sector. Its main focus is promoting access and agency … and youth into the coffee supply chain by directly linking them to markets. Vava Coffee seeks to create strong relationships with the … IIED’s YouTube channel Brian Oduor pointed out that coffee prices are key to encourage farmers to grow this crop. Vava Coffee has gathered …
Insight, 04 August 2020
Three elephants crossing a dirt road
Pilot scheme for human-wildlife conflict insurance in Kenya welcomed
… been welcomed by speakers at a recent conference. This decision is key to promoting the protection of both wildlife and the people who live … , which took place in Oxford at the end of March. This decision is key to promoting the protection of both wildlife and the people who live … Sustainable markets …
News, 10 May 2023
Stakeholders, including IIED's Fitsum Weldegiorgis (right), brainstorm to provide actionable solutions to challenges facing women in ASM during a workshop in Ghana (Photo: Friends of the Nation)
IIED at the 2017 Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development annual meeting
… 19 October. The session aimed to engage participants on some of the key challenges faced by women in ASM. It focused on identifying … women's progress as mining and linked entrepreneurs, and to lead sustainable livelihoods. IIED senior researcher Fitsum Weldegiorgis … recently helped organise a thematic dialogue in Ghana where issues such as women in ASM were raised. The event also saw the launch …
Event, 16 October 2017
Women are sat at tables selling food a distance apart
Uganda’s hungry food vendors: counting the cost of COVID-19
… of fresh foods could continue – but only in officially designated markets, and following strict operating procedures issued by the … to drive local food system change. This sits under the IIED-Hivos Sustainable Diets for All programme . Seeking alternatives To comply … while preventing the spread of the virus.  But inclusivity is key here: any decision-making by policymakers on how to get food vending …
Insight, 11 June 2020
Women harvesting vegetables in Shanggula village, Guangxi province, China, can share lessons on sustainable farming with the rest of the world (Photo: Simon Lim)
Nurturing the shoots of China's sustainable agriculture
… 2008 milk-melamine scandal. However, there is a growing interest in sustainable food production in China. We have been working with Chinese … in farms using environmentally friendly practices, organic farmers' markets in major cities, and an increasing emphasis on sustainability in … Chinese Centre for Agricultural Policy, and IIED, it draws out some key lessons and recommendations of wider relevance both for China and …
Insight, 23 March 2016
A woman sitting on a raised platform
Urban food insecurity and malnutrition are about more than just food
… and obese adults and one in three stunted children. To achieve Sustainable Development Goal target 2.2 of eliminating all forms of … local authorities and policymakers. In many cities food safety is a key driver of plans to ‘modernise’ food distribution. In Hanoi , by 2025 the existing 67 permanent traditional markets, the main source of fresh fruit and vegetables, will be replaced …
Insight, 16 October 2019
Farmers harvest crops in fields.
Interview: Championing public participation in Kenya’s trade negotiations
… to promote public participation on regional and international trade issues. Most recently, Econews has been working on Kenya’s trade … The Kenyan Constitution makes public participation one of its key “national values and principles of governance” (Article 10). This … and legislators on board. We want to help policymakers to understand issues from our point of view – and that of the stakeholders we work …
Article, 29 June 2022
Screenshot of a the Biocultural Heritage site's homepage.
Our other sites and networks
… a transition to a green economy. Website  |  Project page Watershed markets 2008 - ongoing An IIED initiative focusing on whether market … Website LandCam 2019 - ongoing A five-year project working with key stakeholders across Cameroon to improve customary and formal rights … in designing and implementing country-driven, results-oriented and sustainable learning to address climate change. Project page Poverty and …
Page, 30 September 2022
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Productive uses of energy for resilient livelihoods in LDCs
Publication, 02 September 2021