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Three community members discussing and writing things down on a flip chart.
Developing a nutrition-sensitive approach to climate adaptation
Project, 20 August 2025
Hand holding wheat in a field.
A just transition in agriculture: putting workers at the centre
Insight, 05 June 2025
Community members from Zambia gathered next to a tree, sitting down and discussing.
Advancing land-based investment governance: reflections on a collaborative technical support project
… governments have been promoting land-based investments – from agriculture to ‘critical minerals’ projects – in the name of economic … institutions, creating space for their vision of territorial development and ensuring they are listened to in any investment-related … Office, the project was led by a team of IIED, the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) and Namati , in collaboration with more …
Insight, 05 May 2026
Woman farmer cowshed down in a field, checking the crops.
What will green transitions mean for food producers and workers?
Insight, 24 June 2025
Community member in Indonesia casting a net over water from a boat, to catch fish.
UN Food Systems Summit: reasons for hope but more work to do
… new actions, solutions and strategies to deliver progress on all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), each of which relies on healthier, … plans  set out by 168 countries reflect the critical role of food and agriculture in reducing greenhouse gas emissions; and more than 169 … as food systems are under more pressure than ever before. A systems approach We know food systems need to change. They are not just about …
Insight, 07 August 2025
Group of people in a class room. Some are writing over a flipchart, others are watching and adding comments from the classroom seats.
Addressing the nutrition gap in climate action
… experts from around the world will gather to discuss how to achieve ‘sustainable food for global health’ at the International Congress of … and minerals.  We need to foster collaboration between climate, agriculture and nutrition specialists, and take a holistic approach to climate adaptation that incorporates diet and nutrition into …
Insight, 20 August 2025
In the distance across a large field of plants, a farmer tends to his crop.
Revisiting smallholder inclusion in modern value chains as a path to sustainable development
… farmers in modern value chains has been one of the central goals of development over the last 20 years. Smallholder farming is a key source … opportunities and capacities of smallholders in an environmentally sustainable way is critical for achieving multiple Sustainable Development Goals .  Supplying goods to formal buyers, such …
Project, 16 August 2022
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Post-2015: framing a new approach to sustainable development
… note, prepared by the Independent Research Forum on a Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda (IRF2015), offers principles and approaches for … goals and strategies can address development issues such as water, agriculture and food security, energy security, and urbanisation in a … Independent Research Forum on a Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda …
Publication, 01 April 2013
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Sustainability in Agricultural Development Programmes: The approach of USAID
… Food and agriculture … Sustainability in Agricultural Development Programmes: The approach of USAID …
Publication, 01 January 1989
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Indigenous Peoples' Food Systems and Biocultural Heritage: Addressing Indigenous Priorities Using Decolonial and Interdisciplinary Research Approaches
… sustainability and resilience to pandemics, and threats from agriculture, development and conservation policies. They called for research on the … land rights and food sovereignty; and the impacts of industrial agriculture on Indigenous food systems, stressing the need for … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 30 September 2022