Indigenous 'Chepang' women in Nepa increased their income by adding value to wild-crafted Chiuri (Diploknema butyracea or the 'Indian Butter Tree') fruit to produce butter. Read the story. 

The experience of a forest farmers association in Kenya inspired by Swedish foresters’ experience and supported by Swedish aid organisations was today hailed as an example of what North-South partnership can achieve at a one-day event ahead of Stockholm+50.

Shea, Baobab, Tamarind and Parkia trees are essential for cultural traditions, biodiversity and women’s livelihoods in northern Ghana. Due to an increase in commercial agriculture and competition for resources, these local species are at risk of extinction. To reverse this trend, community leaders have developed by-laws in collaboration with a...

In the first of a series of case studies showing how IIED is contributing to positive change, we look at how we supported forest and farm producers in Ghana as they put gender equality at the heart of a new national federation, assisting women producers to get their concerns addressed...

Producer groups in Togo and Bolivia are successfully influencing government policy on Family Farming The old adage “there is strength in numbers” beautifully sums up why forest farmers and indigenous peoples should consider being part of a cooperative. As an individual, you can be one voice shouting into the darkness, but...