Zambia is currently experiencing its worst drought in three decades: a crisis that has devastated the agricultural sector, caused widespread food insecurity and is exacerbating the profound economic challenges facing...

International Coffee Day, held at the start of October, is an annual opportunity to celebrate coffee and raise awareness of the work of smallholder farmers worldwide. This year’s event comes...

A recent international agrobiodiversity conference in Nepal brought together smallholder farmers and other stakeholders from 32 countries.

Here, IIED’s Duncan Macqueen reflects on the event, explaining why agrobiodiversity conservation is...

This report documents and highlights success and lessons learnt from 18 inspiring examples of businesses and investors who are progressing from 'business-as-usual' to 'business unusual' by adopting practices that embrace...

As we capture and scale up the productive ways in which forest and farm producers in northern Viet Nam are adapting to climate change, IIED and partners call on authorities...

There is very limited access to finance for rural communities comprising smallholders, family farmers and Indigenous Peoples. Smallholder and family farmers comprise 90% of the total farms worldwide, and account...

Access to external finance for smallholder forest and farm producers is limited, hindering their effective action on climate, nature, livelihoods and food security. However, forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs)...

This case study from Bolivia is the first of six case studies on tactics that improve internal governance prepared by forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs) for the Forest and...

This case study from Ghana is the second of six case studies on tactics that improve internal governance prepared by forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs) for the Forest and...

This case study from Nepal is the third of six case studies on tactics that improve internal governance prepared by forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs) for the Forest and...