11 July 2024
Partnerships bring fresh thinking to sustainability challenges in Ghana
IDS has been working with partners in Ghana in recent years as part of two initiatives: firstly, a tripartite Memorandum of...
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11 July 2024
IDS has been working with partners in Ghana in recent years as part of two initiatives: firstly, a tripartite Memorandum of...
14 December 2023
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This paper reviews the different ways in which equitable livelihoods within food systems are conceptualised across academic communities, and what interventions are suggested to make food systems livelihoods more equitable. We analyse the tensions and complementarity between these different approaches and suggest an inter- and trans-disciplinary methodology.
8 August 2023
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Across West Africa and East Africa, policy actors and citizens have tended to discuss socio-environmental issues in ways that recognise emotional, subjective viewpoints, but can be antagonistic.
8 August 2023
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Artists have often used artworks to express emotions and thus prompt public dialogue about contemporary challenges. At the same time, it has been suggested that collaborative art-making can be used in environmental deliberation processes, where stakeholder groups discuss contentious challenges such as the effects of flooding. Policy actors have rarely been deeply involved in these processes.
8 August 2023
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Les premières publications sur la délibération environnementale partaient du principe que les pairs débattaient rationnellement des preuves pour parvenir à des conclusions logiques. Cependant, des travaux plus récents présentent les activités artistiques comme un moyen de reconnaître les dimensions émotionnelles comme essentielles aux processus délibératifs.
7 June 2023
7 June 2023
3 May 2023
3 May 2023
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This briefing suggests how markets in artisanal milk products may contribute to agropastoralist livelihoods in semi-arid Africa. In some of these areas, milk plays important nutritional and cultural roles, but production is declining due to environmental changes.
3 May 2023
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
The photos displayed in this document were taken in Kenya and Ghana as part of the research project Connecting Agropastoral Food Culture Research to Livestock Commercialisation Policy.