Over the past two decades, efforts to integrate forest and farm smallholders into modern value chains have aimed to achieve positive social and environmental impacts. However, business partnerships within these...

A women’s Community Forest User Group in Nepal is turning fire prevention into an innovative climate-resilient green enterprise. Twenty women from the Binayi Triveni Municipality in Nepal’s Western region collect...

In Porvenir, Bolivia, Indigenous communities are proving that forest conservation and prosperity can go hand in hand. Watch how they set up a sustainable asaí palm berry value chain, with...

Ewald Rametsteiner, Deputy Director of the Forestry Division at FAO, explores the critical connection between family farming and forestry through the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF). He highlights how the...

Ross Hilton, Climate & Environment Adviser at the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office, highlights the significance of supporting family farming programs through UK cooperation. He outlines the key features...

Zhimin Wu, Director of the Forestry Division at FAO, highlights the vital role of the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) in bridging forestry and family farming. He explains how direct...

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...