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A Zambian farmer in his maize field. The overdependence on maize is having a negative impact on diets in Zambia (Photo: Wesley Wakunuma)
Promoting diversity on the farm – and the plate
Insight, 05 June 2017
A community in Bangladesh maps out their local resources and plans for an emergency.
Lessons from Bangladesh for a post-Sandy New York
News, 22 January 2013
This barrio in Guatemala has no running water or sewers. The country receives abundant rainfall, but lacks infrastructure to deliver water to households (Photo: David Amsler, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Can natural capital accounting increase water access?
… Day , I was invited to reflect on the challenges of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for water and sanitation at a conference in … shown. Ina Porras ([email protected]) is a senior researcher in the Sustainable Markets Group at IIED. …
Insight, 05 April 2016
Workshop participants displayed and exchanged seeds from different parts of the world (Image: Yiching Song/Centre for Chinese Agricultural Policy)
New film shows Chinese mountain communities protecting biocultural heritage
News, 14 March 2017
Roasted coffee beans.
World Food Day: how do you keep co-operatives competitive?
… We all know of failed co-operatives, promoted by governments and the development sector since the 1960s, and ‘dropped’ in the 1980s with the … farmers’ leaders, researchers, agrifood business entrepreneurs and development practitioners. Our collaborative Knowledge Programme, ‘ … payments. Meeting small-scale farmers in their markets So, has the development community learnt lessons from failed top-down interventions? …
Insight, 15 October 2012
The CBA9 participants gather for a group photo on the final day of the conference, shortly after the Nairobi Declaration was announced (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
CBA9 highlights
Article, 05 May 2015
Tackling the trade law dimension of ‘land grabbing’
… signed by the EU with many countries also contain human rights and sustainable development clauses . Human rights clauses have been activated on a … so far refrained from investigating violations in the Cambodian case. Sustainable Development Goals and beyond Growing numbers of …
Insight, 14 November 2013
Responding to the realities of rural youth
… said Philippe Remy from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) . The usual donor approach is to try and ‘fix’ rural … going to big cities often end up in precarious jobs that are not sustainable,” he said, adding that: “in such situations, young people do … make ends meet with just one economic activity, said Remy. Donors and development agencies cannot remain blind to this reality if they want to …
News, 31 May 2012
Maize cultivation along the Kafue river in Kitwe, Zambia. Water levels in the river have decreased because of deforestation in the river’s catchment area (Photo: Barbara Adolph/IIED)
Food, ecosystems, equality – can we have it all?
… in Bonn will bring together experts and stakeholders to discuss how sustainable land use can be mainstreamed for the benefits of people and … Future agricultural development needs to carefully consider how ambitious food security … and losers – both in terms of 'people' and 'planet' of different development pathways. Otherwise there is a risk that agricultural …
Insight, 19 December 2017
REDD+: Learning from participatory forest management
… have prioritised action to address deforestation without compromising development for decades. And there is much that REDD+ can learn from … based on local participation and control have been used to promote sustainable forest management and generate economic benefits and social … forest management throughout Africa , Asia and the Caribbean ; the development of alternative livelihoods and enterprises based on …
Insight, 10 November 2011