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Two farmers washing up a solar panel in Senegal.

Reframing energy access within climate adaptation and resilience for smallholder farmers

Active Project

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Upscaling private sector dryland investment through matchmaking

Publication, 20 November 2025

Farmer posing next to a cow and calf on his farm.

Agroforestry entrepreneurship by smallholder farmers – regreening Nepal

Insight, 19 November 2025

Banana farmer in the farm, arraigning bananas in the storage space.

Sustainable bananas: what are the impacts on workers?

Insight, 29 July 2025

Woman farmer cowshed down in a field, checking the crops.

What will green transitions mean for food producers and workers?

Insight, 24 June 2025

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Making crop insurance work for small-scale farmers: a review of recent evidence

Publication, 03 April 2025

Truck piled up high with cotton in India

Improving cotton farmers’ resilience to climate change in India

Active Project

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Building resilience for cotton farmers in India: evidence from Gujarat and Maharashtra

Publication, 30 September 2024

Maasai men herding cattle

VITAL Climate Collective: connecting demand for climate adaptation needs with supply of climate finance

Active Project

Cotton farmers in a field.

Building climate resilience for India’s cotton farmers: insurance's role?

Event on 27 June 2024

Baobab fruit on the tree

Aduna: opening new opportunities for smallholder producers in Africa

Article, 31 May 2024

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Rapid response mechanisms - Supporting resolution of community-investor conflicts related to land-based investments

Publication, 08 May 2024

Two people standing putting on beekeeping suits, stand next to a tree.

Nature nurture: upscaling smallholder resilience for agrobiodiverse supply chains

Active Project

A group of individuals sitting in chairs, engaged in a discussion.

Strong governance makes smallholder farmer organisations vital partners

Insight, 10 January 2024

A man watering plants in a garden.

Smallholder farmers: unsung giants of climate and nature investment

Insight, 16 November 2023

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Agrobiodiversity — the way to save earth’s skin

Publication, 21 September 2023

Person bending over to pick up crops in a rice field

Sowing the seeds for a just transition

Article, 05 May 2023

Two people bend down to pick up tomatos

A homegrown vision of commercial agriculture in Nepal that puts small-scale farmers at its heart

Insight, 04 May 2023

Five women look at a tomato plant in a vegtable plot

Empowering women forest and farm producers: learning from the best

Insight, 27 March 2023

Man moves charcoal with a shovel

How innovative shared labels are promoting diversity, biocultural heritage and sustainable production

Insight, 20 March 2023

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Sowing the seeds for a just transition: how food and agriculture investments can support fairer contracting

Publication, 29 March 2023

Man walks in a field, with mountains behind

Farmers in China spending $280 billion adapting to climate change and nature loss

Press release, 07 December 2022

Tea plantation with many people carrying baskets on their backs.

Legal empowerment with a gender lens: how women tea farmers in Malawi are claiming their rights

Insight, 25 August 2022

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

Active Project

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