Sustainable markets

We work with partners to ensure that markets and market mechanisms contribute to food security, environmental sustainability, economic development and poverty reduction

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Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM)

Small-scale farmers

Smallholder farmers

Small-scale producers

Sustainable fisheries

A mountain gorilla crouches in the undergrowth.

Event

Implementing biocredits: making the market work for nature and people

Event on 05 July 2022

Men stand on lorries loading and unloading sacks at a busy market.

Project

Trade and sustainable development

June 2022 - June 2024

A woman in an orange life jacket sits on the edge of a square pond cage, surrounded by water.

Blog

How social protection can support people and sustain fisheries

Annabelle Bladon and Yuko Okamura
06 June 2022

Man, wearing an apron and a face mask, holds shells. Sea behind him.

Blog

Why coastal communities are crucial to success at COP15

María José Espinosa and Valeria Ontiveros
09 November 2022

Red and white boat mooried next to another boat

Case study

Research paper on the common octopus prompts efforts to fill knowledge gaps

03 November 2022

A number of women wearing brightly coloured clothes tend crops with mountains in the background.

Blog

Do women have a meaningful role in global value chains, and why does this matter?

Emma Blackmore and Rachel Ajambo
13 October 2022

A group of people form a circle in the forest. One person is speaking

Blog

Diversification for climate resilience: a global priority

Duncan MacQueen
10 October 2022

A man carries a box with spring onions through a busy scene

Blog

Redefining smallholder farmer inclusion in modern value chains: three ways forward

Giulia Nicolini and Alejandro Guarín
15 September 2022

Woman stallholder selling bananas hands a bag to a man.

Overview

Incentives for an inclusive green economy

06 September 2022

Women and men fishers lean over a boat gathering their catch at the side of a body of water.

Article

Interviews: UN Ocean Conference frustrates small-scale fishers

02 September 2022

In the distance across a large field of plants, a farmer tends to his crop.

Project

Revisiting smallholder inclusion in modern value chains as a path to sustainable development

Began April 2021

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Learn more about focused areas of IIED's sustainable markets work

Inclusive green economy

A programme of work on increasing equity, access and agency in the green economy

Collection

Insights: linking business and sustainability

A series of articles helping businesses and investors address development and environment challenges

Series

Transforming energy systems

A programme of work focused on equitable energy driving climate-resilient communities

Collection

Inclusive blue economy

A programme of work supporting resilient marine and coastal ecosystems and the millions of people who depend on them to thrive by aligning incentives with investments

Collection

Profit with purpose: the role of business in achieving sustainable development

A series of blogs and interviews exploring how business and investors can contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

Series

Towards inclusive and responsible mining

A programme of work on how IIED is facilitating dialogue and collaboration for a fair and accountable mining sector

Collection

Business unusual: LDC-led climate action

A series of blogs and interviews showing how the least developed countries are leading the way in embarking on new ways of working in order to help tackle climate change

Series

Publications

View more Sustainable markets publications

Taking stock of smallholder inclusion in modern value chains: ambitions, reality and signs of change

Connecting social protection and fisheries management for sustainability

Climate change and aquatic food systems

The contribution of small-scale artisanal fisheries and aquaculture to food systems

Gender concerns in debt relief

Redesigning debt: lessons from HIPC for COVID, climate and nature

Whose debt is it anyway? A sustainable route out of the crisis for low-income countries

Using food diaries within a citizen agency framework

Energy services for local development: integrated and inclusive planning for county governments in Kenya

Promoting women’s influence in their food systems. Women's influence within food systems outcomes in the Sustainable Diets for All programme

Why coastal communities are crucial to success at COP15

Blog, 09 November 2022

Research paper on the common octopus prompts efforts to fill knowledge gaps

Article, 03 November 2022

Do women have a meaningful role in global value chains, and why does this matter?

Blog, 13 October 2022

Diversification for climate resilience: a global priority

Blog, 10 October 2022

Redefining smallholder farmer inclusion in modern value chains: three ways forward

Blog, 15 September 2022

Incentives for an inclusive green economy

Article, 06 September 2022

Interviews: UN Ocean Conference frustrates small-scale fishers

Article, 02 September 2022

Revisiting smallholder inclusion in modern value chains as a path to sustainable development

Active Project

A woman picks beans. She carries a basket with aubergines with her head.

Inclusive dialogue gets priorities of Nepal’s rural producers recognised in local law

Blog, 25 July 2022

Conserving wildlife: how insurance can help

News, 07 July 2022