This paper examines the political economy of the agricultural policy processes in Malawi through the lenses of the fertilizer subsidy programme that has raised the profile of the country on the ...

The high potential areas of Mvurwi in Mazowe district should be the focus for significant commercial agricultural success on the A2 farms as envisaged in the government’s land reform strategy. There ...

This Working Paper examines the role of social assistance in supporting coping, adaptation, and resilience, given the impacts of climate change and violent conflict in Niger.

The Government of Zambia (GoZ) and the UK Institute of Development Studies (IDS) organised a Solutions Session at this Summit which took place last week. It was designed to bring closer together the ...

This report highlights outcomes and recommendations from the T20 Side Event ‘Unlocking the Potential of Small and Medium Businesses and Entrepreneurs in the Clean Energy Transition’, held in ...

As the 16 Days of Activism gets underway, an IDS student shares a powerful account of escaping war in Sudan through a ...

Research conducted by the BASIC Research programme examined the implications of targeting choices in the northern states of Nigeria. Drawing on interviews with stakeholders across federal, state and ...

After the Right to Food Commission launch, researchers compare the community kitchen model against public restaurants.

Our sample of 50 A2 farms across Gutu and Masvingo districts range from the ‘highveld’ grazing areas to the north of Gutu to the peri-urban areas of Mpandawana and Masvingo. There is huge diversity ...

The Catalytic Agenda social protection calls for stronger, sustained financing in fragile contexts and sets out a high-level ...

COP30 in Belém, local authorities in the UK are grappling with Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS) to meet Nationally Determined Contributions in Sussex ...