Food and agriculture

We use research and action to design and sustain resilient local food systems, support biocultural innovation and secure fair consumption

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Woman walking through corn field.

Leaders sign food sustainability declaration at COP28

01 December 2023

A combine harvester working in a field.

Carbon-intensive ultra-processed ingredients subsidised by nearly $43 billion a year

28 November 2023

Where to find IIED and partners at COP28: event listing

Event on 30 November 2023

A man holding a bucket in a field.

Smallholder farmers worldwide spending $368bn annually adapting to climate change, nature loss

14 November 2023

Gordon Conway speaking in front of a microphone.

Remembering Gordon Conway (1938-2023)

06 October 2023

Vegetables street vendors sitting on the floor.

Transformative food systems governance and the environmental agenda: lessons from the national and city level

Event on 13 September 2023

Woman holds and looks at a smartphone

Bundling technology for gender equality

November 2022 - July 2023

Person bending over to pick up crops in a rice field

Sowing the seeds for a just transition

05 May 2023

Related collections

Learn more about focused areas of IIED's food and agriculture work

Resilience and diversity in food systems

A programme of work on how IIED is building greater local control, resilience and diversity into agricultural and food systems

Food year: exploring the policies and practices to transform our food systems

A series of blogs shining a light on the critical issues for food policies around the 2021 Food Systems Summit

Publications

View more Food and agriculture publications

22101g.pdf

Improvement of agro-meteorological and climate information

22061g.pdf

Lake Hawassa longitudinal study methodology

22056g.pdf

Climate smart agriculture longitudinal assessment in Lake Hawassa

22046g.pdf

Zambia final report: climate resilient cropping strategies

22006g.pdf

Irish Aid Climate Change and Development Learning Platform Tigray case study final report

22001g.pdf

Improved cook stoves impact study - Eritrea

21976IIED.pdf

The unsung giants of climate and nature investment

21621iied.pdf

Sustainable food systems multi-stakeholder mechanisms

21616IIED.pdf

Food systems governance and the environmental agenda

21611g.pdf

Tackling environmental challenges through food systems governance

View of a field and a farm.

Towards planet and people-positive agriculture in East Africa

Active Project

Food market in Lusaka, Zambia.

Food systems of the poor: shaping the agenda for the Food Systems Summit

Event on 25 October 2020

Women buying bushmeat at a food stall.

How is COVID-19 affecting wild meat consumption in rural Cameroon?

Blog, 02 November 2020

A group of people gather around a pile of potatoes with mountains as a backdrop

Indigenous Peoples’ food systems hold the key to feeding humanity

Blog, 23 October 2020

Jack fruit vendor spreads out their wares on the ground.

Putting informal food systems at the centre of sustainable diets

Blog, 16 October 2020

Woman washing dishes with a jerrycan.

To address food insecurity in Uganda post COVID-19 the government must act now

Blog, 24 September 2020

A woman market trader holds up a small plastic bag of fresh fish.

The politics at play in Vietnam’s food system

Blog, 16 September 2020

A person standing looking at steep hillsides with terraced fields.

Loss and damage in Rwanda: a young climate activist reports

Blog, 03 September 2020

Man picking up fruits from a tree

Food insecurity: an appetite for change

Blog, 12 August 2020

Three women standing on a patch of open land, peeling vegetables.

Lima's community-organised soup kitchens are a lifeline during COVID-19

Blog, 07 August 2020