Items tagged:
Food and agricultural policies
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Agricultural contracts and farmer agency: a shift in perspective
Support initiatives should assist farmers’ own efforts to renegotiate trading relations, rather than assuming producers gain most from integration in agribusiness-led activities
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Three pillars for food system change: inclusivity, joint vision and long-term commitment
A new paper identifies three key ingredients multi-actor initiatives need to drive change in the food system
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Protecting indigenous foods, preserving biodiversity – the solutions are in nature
On this year’s International Day for Biological Diversity, Natalie Lartey and Immaculate Yossa Daisy discuss how advocacy to protect Uganda’s indigenous food is simultaneously preserving the nation’s biodiversity
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Resilient food systems and COVID-19: lessons for a Just Transition
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed huge vulnerabilities and inequalities in food systems. They are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change: to droughts, floods, typhoons, sea-level rise – the current locust outbreak in East Africa. But they are also part of the problem, contributing about one third of global greenhouse gas emissions and being highly inequitable too. Krystyna Swiderska spells out what needs to change
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Curbing the impacts of COVID-19 on Nepal’s small-scale farmers and seizing opportunities for food system reform
Guest blogger Jagat Deuja puts forward practical measures for minimising damage to Nepal’s small-scale farming sector and ways to build resilient food systems in the longer term
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Q&A: Achieving sustainable intensification of agriculture – decisions and trade-offs
How can African farmers intensify agricultural production in an environmentally and socially sustainable way? A recent project sought answers and insights for policymakers
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Achieving real transformation in our food system
Frank Mechielsen of Hivos reports back from the annual Committee for Food Security, the main international platform that explores food security concerns. He describes how joint action can deliver much needed change in the way we produce and consume our food
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Food, ecosystems, equality – can we have it all?
Sustainable landscapes are essential for our future. A major international gathering will this week look at how to speed up action for more resilient, equitable, productive and climate-friendly landscapes. IIED and partners have recently launched a new project that will use innovative ways of working to promote these outcomes in Africa
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Farming impacts in sub-Saharan Africa
Three new papers looking at the way in which agriculture is contributing to development in Sub-Saharan Africa have been published as part of an ongoing series, which was launched last year on World Food Day
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Seven papers unpick debates on African agriculture and rural development
To mark World Food Day, IIED, ODI and IDS have launched the first seven of 12 new papers addressing agricultural and rural development debates in sub-Saharan Africa.
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La riziculture irriguée à grande échelle: l'État doit prendre en compte les perspectives des paysans
New report by the Global Water Initiative stresses importance of considering views of farmers in agricultural policies
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Food and farming futures for small producers and indigenous peoples
The food sovereignty paradigm affirms the fundamental right of peoples to define their food and agricultural policies.
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Race to the Top
Tracking supermarket progress towards a greener and fairer food system, the Race to the Top project brought together farming, conservation, labour, animal welfare and sustainable development organisations, as well as the big supermarkets, to gather data on a broad range of environmental, ethical and social indicators, comparing supermarkets' performance
