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Man cutting a cacao fruit from the tree
Promoting producer agency in food systems – might new global guidelines offer any hope?
… and agricultural workers are critical to delivering healthy and sustainable diets. But these important and diverse rural citizens – … food systems are vital to feeding humanity ) – are often squeezed in markets and sidelined policy spaces . Increasingly, there is recognition … in commercial agriculture  and food systems governance could be key to ensuring the markets these critical actors trade in work for …
Insight, 10 December 2020
Green beans stacked into in a cardboard box
Rebalancing power in the Kenya-UK green bean value chain
… green beans to Flamingo Horticulture; Hazel Culley, senior food sustainable product and raw material manager at M&S; and Tom Wills, … a raise in the minimum price, but at the end of the project not all issues had been addressed. Other challenges included the cost of … for success: building trust Panellists agreed on the value of two key strategies to ensure a level playing field: first, the preparatory …
Insight, 09 September 2019
Business models for sustainable development
… at scale. See our Overview briefing paper: Business models for sustainable development: innovation for society and environment What are … values, while value distribution within the whole market chain is a key feature. Key factors of success Our research has identified a number … dilemmas confronting small-scale producers from the globalisation of markets. It works with different actors to bring new voices, concepts …
Article, 10 May 2010
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Share the love this Valentine’s day with fairer flowers and chocolates
… flowers or a box of chocolates. Here’s a step by step guide to the issues so you can both impress your lover with lovely blooms or choccies … helped Wilmar Agro Ltd develop and manage a commercially-viable and sustainable supply chain and build a network of contacts and links with … returns and greater negotiating power in schemes are some of the key benefits to be gained. Another recent study examining the impact …
Insight, 13 February 2013
Extractive industry workers are pictured on a beach; a new report recommends that transparency initiatives need to be more inclusive and relevant to local needs for communities most affected by oil, gas or mining projects (Photo: iStockphoto.com/Getty Images)
Transparency: Giving local communities a window on the extractive industries
… of 2013, the question remains about how to make transparency work for sustainable development, particularly for the local communities living … led by the West to improve governance in less developed countries. A key EITI achievement is that it has helped to empower and build the … a principal researcher in IIED's  Sustainable Markets Group and leader of the energy team. …
Insight, 28 May 2014
CANARI’s Radar tool helps small and micro enterprises assess their impacts. Here Kemba Jaramogi from Fondes Amandes Community Reforestation Project in Trinidad and Tobago presents their Radar. (Photo: CANARI)
Time to turn the PAGE?
… for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) : ‘Advancing inclusive and sustainable economies’ event in Cape Town looked like it could be … have the ‘silver bullet’ solution for green economies but they’re a key to making them happen and PAGE, with its multi-stakeholder approach, could provide a forum to make concrete progress on issues such as defining and measuring progress on ‘social purpose’, how …
Insight, 17 January 2019
Line of women walking through a field. One carries a basket on her head.
Promoting producer agency in agricultural value chain contracts: peer learning (in a pandemic)
… crises Earlier in 2020 participants of an IIED webinar had discussed  key considerations for sustaining the agency of coffee producers in the … certain restrictions on producers and providing access to alternative markets and financial support. Addressing power imbalances Contracts are … decisions and private sector conduct for locally beneficial and more sustainable investments in commercial agriculture. …
Insight, 16 December 2020
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Opportunities for small-scale producers’ inclusion in dynamic markets in developing countries and transition economies: A synthesis of findings from eight country level chain-wide learning workshops
… with national institutions and sponsored through the Regoverning Markets’ (RM) programme were held between May 2006 and March 2008. The … and Vietnam. The objective was to open the space for dialogue on the key issues and opportunities that currently and or could in the future exist … Sustainable markets … Opportunities for small-scale producers’ inclusion in dynamic markets in developing countries and transition economies: A synthesis of …
Publication, 01 July 2008
A new agenda for consumption
Project, 02 October 2008
In the absence of electricity, students in Bangladesh are given charger lights so they can study at home (Photo: G.M.B. Akash/PANOS)
Ensuring an Energy Sustainable Development Goal delivers for poor people and the planet
… the next global framework to eradicate poverty and move towards truly sustainable development. While it mentioned dozens of development issues crucial to the success of the post-2015 agenda, many areas key to delivering sustainable development over the next decades remain … investment in necessary decentralised energy access in low-income markets unattractive to mainstream private investors. Given that once …
Insight, 25 March 2014