Transforming farmers' lives through concerted action and negotiation
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This document discusses the Foundation for Agrarian Reform Cooperatives in Mindanao (FARMCI), an NGO founded in 1995 to assist the government in implementing agrarian reform and improving the lives of farmworkers. It describes how FARMCI uses "smart negotiation powered by concerted action" to help farmer cooperatives abrogate unfair contracts and negotiate better terms. Key factors for success include unity, surprise, knowledge, and support. This approach has empowered farmers and led to model contracts and economic growth, though challenges like wealth management, governance, and succession remain.
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More information: https://www.iied.org/women-paying-health-cost-climate-crisis
IIED's environmental sustainability impact report 2022/23
This report provides an overview of the International Institute for Environment and Development's carbon emissions for 2022/23, and details plans to reduce its impact across our operations.
Emphasising transparency and accountability, the report underscores IIED's dedication to creating a more sustainable and equitable world.
The report highlights ways IIED has changed to reduce its environmental impact and promote positive changes in social, financial and governance operations.
As an organisation IIED is committed to becoming a net-zero organisation, aligning with science-based targets and reflecting short- and long-term emission reduction targets, which will be monitored annually.
Summary presentation on the case study on approaches for supporting pastorali...
This is a presentation of the report 'Case study on approaches for supporting pastoralists groups facing climate change effects in Tanzania'.
Published June 2015
Further information: https://www.iied.org/climate-learning-partnership
Cities for refugees: places of economic productivity, participation and wellb...
This is a presentation by Lucy Earle, director of the Human Settlements research group at the International Institute for Environment and Development, showing results of research into protracted displacement in an urban world.
The presentation was given on 6 December 2022.
Collectif por la defense des terres malgaces
This presentation (in English and French) was delivered during an IIED webinar on Wednesday, 21 September, which discussed the topic of special economic zones and the broader questions they raise, particularly in Senegal and Madagascar.
This presentation was delivered by Mamy Rakotondrainibe, president of the collective for the Defense of Malagasy Land (TANY). TANY is a civil society organisation that fights against land grabs that affect citizens and farmers in Madagascar.
More information: https://www.iied.org/special-economic-zones-global-trends-issues-senegal-madagascar
Special economic zones in Senegal: characteristics, land ans socio-economic i...
This presentation (in English and French) was delivered during an IIED webinar on Wednesday, 21 September, which discussed the topic of special economic zones and the broader questions they raise, particularly in Senegal and Madagascar.
This presentation was delivered by Dr Alpha Ba, lecturer and researcher at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Agriculture (ENSA), University of Thiès. Alpha holds a PhD in Sociology. As a consultant specialised in agricultural, land, gender and human rights issues, he has more than 15 years of experience and has accompanied many public organisations in Senegal, as well as NGOs and international institutions, in research and training sessions on those topics.
More information: https://www.iied.org/special-economic-zones-global-trends-issues-senegal-madagascar
Investment zones in Madagascar: characteristics and land implications
This presentation (in English and French) was delivered during an IIED webinar on Wednesday, 21 September, which discussed the topic of special economic zones and the broader questions they raise, particularly in Senegal and Madagascar.
This presentation was delivered by Dr Perrine Burnod and Heriniaina Rakotomalala, respectively researcher at CIRAD; and land expert and PhD candidate at the Institut d’Agro from Montpellier and Antananarivo University.
More information: https://www.iied.org/special-economic-zones-global-trends-issues-senegal-madagascar
Special economic zones and land tenure: global trends and local impacts in Se...
This presentation (in English and French) was delivered during an IIED webinar on Wednesday, 21 September, which discussed the topic of special economic zones and the broader questions they raise, particularly in Senegal and Madagascar.
This presentation is by Lorenzo Cotula, principal researcher and head of law, economies and justice programme in IIED's Natural Resources research group, and Thierry Berger, associate (law, economies and justice programme) in IIED's Natural Resources research group.
More information: https://www.iied.org/special-economic-zones-global-trends-issues-senegal-madagascar
Adaptability of peri-urban agricultural workers towards resilience
This case study highlights the way that women working in peri-urban agriculture in India have to adapt to changing circumstances in order to sustain themselves and their families.
It was produced by Siddharth Agarwal, Kanupriya Kothiwal, Shabnam Verma and Sampurna Kundu of the Urban Health Resource Centre, India.
Conclusions include agricultural work being one of the major forms of livelihood for peri-urban workers. Many peri-urban workers chose this form of work because they already had the skills from their native rural farms.
Women find agricultural work convenient because of its self-paced nature and because farms are mostly close to where they live. Food security is another benefit, as many women are able to procure vegetables and food grains from their farming work.
Peri-urban women workers are resilient, adapting to an ever-changing peri-urban ecosystem and often pursuing an additional livelihood in seasons when agricultural work is not available. Their strategy of forming links with more than one employer offering different forms of work is key to this resilience.
They are also preparing themselves for a future when farms will be sold to developers and builders, and express anxiety about the uncertainty of sustaining agriculture work in the future.
The adaptability and resilience shown by the workers can be tailored to other situations and promoted among vulnerable urban women workers.
More information: https://www.iied.org/resilience-through-flexibility-story-peri-urban-agricultural-workers-india
Stitching their trajectories with determination: stories from Indore, India
Many women in Indore work as informal home-based garment workers. This case study demonstrates their commitment to investing in equipment and learning new skills in order to contribute to the family income.
Behind closed doors lies a vast segment of largely invisible women and girls working in India’s flourishing garment industry.
Women working from home account for about 14% of urban employment in India. In low- and middle-income countries, outsourced garment production thrives on account of cheap labour to keep the levels of production high and costs low.
Through pursuing sewing, women can overcome the limitations of little or no education or formal training. Most women stitchers enhance their skills through experience. This helps them get regular and progressively higher paying piece-rate work.
More information: https://www.iied.org/stitching-determination-stories-women-garment-workers-indore-india
Improving strategy and uptake of cleaner cooking in Kitui, Kenya
This presentation contains a brief overview of work to understand households’ cooking needs that can help improve the uptake of improved cooking devices and promote gender justice in the cooking space.
The presentation is by Enzo Leone, a researcher in the Shaping Sustainable Markets research group at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).
IIED is working with Caritas Kitui, Access to Energy Institute (A2EI), African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) and Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS).
More information: https://www.iied.org/tailored-cooking-solutions-close-gender-gap
Placing COVID-19 and the wildlife trade within the bigger picture
This presentation by EJ Milner-Gulland was delivered during the online event 'Why eat wild meat? Insights from Africa and lessons for COVID-19 responses' on Wednesday, 4 August.
The event explored why people eat wild meat and how to design interventions that can help improve sustainability and safety.
EJ Milner-Gulland is director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science at University of Oxford.
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on wild meat use and perception in communiti...
The document summarizes a study on the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on wild meat use and perceptions in communities near the Dja Faunal Reserve in Cameroon. The study found that the pandemic increased difficulties in accessing schools, income, travel, customers, work and food for many communities. It also found that wild meat consumption remained important despite Covid-19 risks. Most respondents disagreed with proposals to close wild meat markets due to livelihood dependencies and a lack of alternatives. The conclusion was that pandemic impacts on livelihoods seemed more concerning than health risks from wild meat, and findings could help policymaking support communities.
Drivers of wild meat consumption steph brittain
Dr. Stephanie Brittain conducted research on the drivers of wild meat consumption in Cameroon through a literature review and fieldwork interviewing 542 people in four villages. Key findings included: 1) availability and affordability are primary drivers of wild meat consumption, while health benefits and culture are secondary; 2) consumption rates varied between villages and demographics; and 3) preferences for wild meat centered on taste and ease of access, while avoidance was due to taste, health, and tradition. The research provided insights into designing alternative food projects that consider local tastes, traditions, and access to markets and resources.
Designing wild meat alternative projects
This presentation by Stephanie Brittain was delivered during the online event 'Why eat wild meat? Insights from Africa and lessons for COVID-19 responses' on Wednesday, 4 August.
The event explored why people eat wild meat and how to design interventions that can help improve sustainability and safety.
Stephanie Brittain is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford focusing on local knowledge and drivers of wild meat consumption in Cameroon.
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This document summarizes Friendship's approach to transitioning vulnerable communities from emergency aid to resilience and development. It uses a holistic approach involving community groups, local government, and NGOs. Interventions include capacity building, demonstrations, savings programs, and advocacy. Outcomes include infrastructure development, increased savings and assets, and more families accessing social programs. Challenges include low literacy rates and needing more advocacy meetings.
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This presentation was made by Pauline Zei at a webinar on Wednesday, 2 June that discussed the challenges around, and opportunities for, producer voice and agency in the design and implementation of the new Living Income Differential (LID) in Ghana and the Côte d'Ivoire.
The online event on 'Cocoa producer agency and the living income differential: lessons from civil society organisations' was organised by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).
Zei is director of Inades-Formation Cote d'Ivoire. She holds a degree in agronomy from the Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët Boigny in Yamoussoukro, specialising in crop protection. Inades-Formation is a network of pan-African associations that works for equitable and sustainable development in Africa.
This was the seventh in a series of events organised under the IIED-led Empowering Producers in Commercial Agriculture (EPIC) project.
EPIC is funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office through its Commercial Agriculture for Smallholders and Agribusiness (CASA) programme, though the views expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of the UK government. CASA seeks to increase economic opportunities for smallholders by demonstrating the commercial viability of businesses with significant smallholder supply chains and attracting more investment into the sector.
More details: https://www.iied.org/cocoa-producer-agency-living-income-differential-lessons-civil-society-organisations
Innovating to improve the ownership, sustainability and multi-actor nature of...
This presentation by Stephen Bright Sakwa, of Tree Adoption Uganda, features the 'Waste management for flood control' project which is being implemented in Bwaise, an urban slum in Kampala, Uganda.
It focuses on tackling floods and creating livelihoods in informal settlements. It showcases how the community has been trained to manage waste appropriately and make valuable products out of it so that it doesn't end up in drainage channels to cause floods that devastates the community.
This presentation features as part of the Marketplace area of the 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation (CBA15). The event takes place online from 14-18 June, 2021.
More details: https://cba15.iied.org/atrium
Communities Combating Illegal Wildlife Trade session seven
This is a presentation from the final event of an online learning series for the East African Community region on communities combating illegal wildlife trade.
The event discussed the future of the ‘Local communities: First Line of Defence against Illegal Wildlife Trade (FLoD)’ methodology, which aims to support designers and implementers of anti-poaching and anti-wildlife trafficking strategies and projects to effectively engage local communities as partners.
The events are organised by IUCN, together with the International Institute for Environment and Development and IUCN CEESP/SSC Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group. They are supported by USAID Kenya and East Africa through the Conserving Natural Capital and Enhancing Collaborative Management of Transboundary Resources (CONNECT) project, and will supplement the comprehensive training course on FLoD, which is currently under development with support from the BIOPAMA programme, supported by the European Union and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States.
More information: https://www.iucn.org/regions/eastern-and-southern-africa/our-work/conservation-areas-and-species/local-communities-first-line-defence-against-illegal-wildlife-trade-flod
Organisational innovations that make community forestry prosperous
This is a presentation by Duncan MacQueen, principal researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), about the importance of including smallholder producers and producer organisations in sustainable value chains to strengthen local resilience to external shocks.
Macqueen used the example of his work with the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) program at the FTA Science Conference 2020. The presentation focuses on the role of commercial organisation around accountable finance systems at four tiered levels: local producer groups, regional aggregators and processors, national advocacy federations, international alliances.
More details: https://www.iied.org/locally-controlled-forestry
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