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View of the town of Pisaq in Peru, near the Potato Park Biocultural Heritage Territory

Project

Indigenous biocultural heritage for sustainable development

A cook serves up the daily soup at the Achumani market in La Paz (Photo: Mauricio Panoso)

News

IIED and partners urge citizen involvement in international food policy debate

A typical milk bar in Kenya (Photo: Dave Elsworth/ILRI)

Project

MoreMilk – reviewing policy options for the informal dairy trade

Air balloon photograph of children while mapping Mathare informal settlement, Nairobi.

Long read

Mapping for food safety

A stall-holder measures her produce in a marketplace (Photo: Hivos Bolivia)

Project

Sustainable diets for all

Farmers checking cotton plants in Eastern Zambia

Photo story

Cotton at a crossroads

Resilience in agricultural and food systems

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A conservation agriculture demonstration at the Golden Valley Agricultural Research Trust, Zambia. Conservation agriculture can increase productivity and improve soil structure (Photo: Barbara Adolph/IIED)

Project

Social and environmental trade-offs in African agriculture

People sitting in a pasture

Project

International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (INMIP)

View of the town of Pisaq in Peru, near the Potato Park Biocultural Heritage Territory

Project

Indigenous biocultural heritage for sustainable development

Publications

16662IIED

Indonesia’s triple burden of malnutrition: a call for urgent policy change

17738IIED

Conservation versus food production in Africa: better managing trade-offs

14675IIED

Agriculture, nature conservation or both? Managing trade-offs and synergies in sub-Saharan Africa

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Policy Meeting on Establishing a Biocultural Heritage Territory/Landscape Rabai Museum, Kilifi County, Friday 30th August 2019

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Biocultural Heritage Sustainable Development: Stakeholder Meeting Centre for Mountain Dynamics, Kalimpong, 1st July 2019

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The Apple Park and Wheat Park, Tajikistan. Case study guidance on Biocultural Heritage Territories.

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The champions helping communities make better food choices

Blog, Jan 2020

A woman farmer looks at her flock of sheep

Critical theme: Small-scale farming and the future of the European food system

Event, Dec 2019

Busy market scene, showing traders with their vegetables

Informal food markets offer diverse food products and crucial livelihood opportunities

News, Nov 2019

Four young Ethiopian men standing in a field of cabbages

Africa’s evolving food systems

Project, Nov 2019

A cook serves food to a group of children

Q&A: Encouraging the availability of healthy and diverse foods for students

Interview, Oct 2019

Evelyne Flora Latabu shaking a bowl of grains.

The Ugandan diet: food voices and choices

Blog, Oct 2019

Women traders on a market stall, with rows of different fruit and vegetables in front of them

Harnessing the potential of Zambia’s informal food sector

Blog, Oct 2019

A woman sitting on a raised platform

Urban food insecurity and malnutrition are about more than just food

Blog, Oct 2019

An Indonesia market trader stands at his stall while women customers look at the food on sale

Dietary indicators need overhauling, food diary study finds

Blog, Oct 2019

Women sell bananas at stalls at a market

Healthy Diets Week Twitter chat

News, Oct 2019

Rows of small dishes containing various types of vegetable seeds, including beans and grains

Madagascar needs agroforestry businesses in its response to climate change

Blog, Sep 2019

Beans in a cardboard box

Rebalancing power in the Kenya-UK green bean value chain

Blog, Sep 2019