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West Africa food crisis: Senegalese singer Baaba Maal performs benefit concert
Maal visits drought-affected communities to raise awareness in growing Sahel crisis
West Africa food crisis: Dry times in 2011 threaten ability to plant in 2012
A farmer recounts the struggle to grow food and prepare for the 2012 growing season
West Africa food crisis: Farmers cope with food shortages
Confronted with a poor 2011 harvest, farmers find creative ways to earn money to buy food.
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West Africa food crisis 2012:15 million at risk
As a funding for the crisis lags, millions of people will be left hungry in the coming months unless the gap is filled.
A government decision could mean good news for families in Peru's most polluted town, and for their supporters here in the US. But the struggle to clean up La Oroya is far from over.
When kids play with their food it's cute. When Washington does, it costs lives. Tell Washington to stop playing with food aid: www.oxfamamerica.org/foodaid
Baaba Maal speaks out on the Sahel
The Senegalese singer, Baaba Maal, calls on the world to respond to a looming food crisis in the Sahel region of Africa.
When I'm hungry, my heart beats quickly
In the face of a looming food crisis in the Sahel region of Africa, Oxfam is supporting an array of projects, including women-run cooperative market gardens.
In Kolda, Senegal, farmers are struggling to feed their families
The last harvest of peanuts, a major cash crop in this region, plummeted by 60 percent leaving families with little money to buy the food they need.
The Sahel: a food crisis looms
Low rainfall, poor harvests, and high prices are creating serious problems for herders and farmers in West Africa.
In Cambodia, System of Rice Intensification helps families climb out of poverty
Low-cost agricultural techniques help a farmer achieve a six-fold increase in annual production in one small field, and become a leader in the community.
Working together to end poverty and injustice
Oxfam America is an international relief and development organization that saves lives, helps people overcome poverty, and fights for social justice.
Oxfam America hosts NGO gathering with PM of Haiti
Just before his resignation, the Prime Minister joined a discussion about the challenges of governance and development in Haiti.
Struggle in Sahel: 'If there's no pasture, nothing works'
'We've stayed on our ancestors' land and we've put up with everything, but if rain doesn't come, life would turn into a nightmare," says Koubra Hamid.
As food crisis looms, the lean season hits early in northern Senegal
An Oxfam team assesses the conditions around a group of small villages where many of the food reserves are now exhausted.
Counting on the rain to continue—or weather insurance to help cover losses
For Ethiopian farmer Gidey Mehari, when the opportunity to buy weather insurance for his crops arose, he jumped at the chance.
Doubling his weather insurance, this Ethiopian farmer is happy for the security it provides
"Anything can happen," says Alemu Tadesse. And that's why he is investing in weather insurance for some of his crops.
Haiti: a grain milling operation offers an economic lifeline for women
To help tackle unemployment and ensure families have access to food, Oxfam is working with a women's group to modernize and expand a service center.
Drought is making it difficult for herding families in southern Ethiopia to earn a living from their livestock. Some people have decided to try a new approach: irrigated farming. And they are tapping the Dawa river for water.
Publications and reports
May 16, 2012 - Opportunities and challenges facing US assistance for food security in Guatemala
Oxfam in the news
New York Times, May 10, 2012 - Article quotes OA president Ray Offenheiser
G8 Leaders Called on to Address Hunger, Poverty
Voice of America, May 04, 2012 - Article quotes OA director of policy & research Gawain Kripke
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