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

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

Event on 13 September 2023

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Bundling technology for gender equality

November 2022 - July 2023

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Sowing the seeds for a just transition

05 May 2023

Man moves charcoal with a shovel

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

Kata Wagner
20 March 2023

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

07 December 2022

Woman, in a field, throws potatos into a sack

COP15 should protect mountain landscapes, and the Indigenous Peoples and local communities governing them

23 November 2022

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

Emma Blackmore and Rachel Ajambo
13 October 2022

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Diversification for climate resilience: a global priority

Duncan Macqueen
10 October 2022

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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

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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

21556IIED.pdf

Establishing a biocultural heritage territory to protect Kenya’s Kaya Forests: mid-term project workshop

21496g.pdf

Integrating agrobiodiversity for livelihood options in Bhimphedi municipality, Nepal

21476g.pdf

Enhancing agrobiodiversity in smallholder agroforestry systems in Madagascar

21441g.pdf

How tree seedling nurseries are furnishing landscape agrobiodiversity in Zambia

21431IIED.pdf

Working with informality

21421g.pdf

Successful smallholder management of agrobiodiversity in Northern Tanzania

21391G.pdf

Advancing agrobiodiversity through agroecology, seed management and enterprise development in Ghana

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What makes a sustainable diet? And who decides? Make Change Happen podcast episode 5

Article, 05 May 2020

Two women sitting in a field

No room for manoeuvre: debt prevents investing in the future

Article, 26 April 2020

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Difficult choices: balancing competing priorities on Burkina Faso farms

Article, 26 April 2020

A woman farmer bends over to tend crops in a field

One-size-fits-all policies won’t deliver sustainable farming in Africa

News, 26 April 2020

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The impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on the diets of Hanoi’s urban poor

Blog, 08 April 2020

An elderly woman in a field holds crops in the air with both hands

Indigenous food systems, biocultural heritage and agricultural resilience

Active Project

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Harnessing the power of bees to benefit forest and people

Blog, 26 March 2020

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Webinar: Using technology to increase market and finance access for smallholders

Event on 24 March 2020

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Q&A: Successful social mobilisation for land rights in Nepal

Article, 28 February 2020

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Urban poor community voices take to the stage at the World Urban Forum

Blog, 19 February 2020