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Medhin Reda's best asset is her own hard work: This farmer is trading her labor for an insurance premium to cover her teff.
Gebru Kahsay relies on rain but has the security of insurance: If harvests fail because of poor rain, some teff farmers in Ethiopia now have a back-up plan.
Weather insurance offers Ethiopian farmers hope—despite drought: For the first time, poor farmers can now buy insurance for teff, a staple grain that feeds their families.
People-centered resilience: Working with vulnerable farmers towards climate change adaptation and food security
Climate change wake-up call: You know about global warming. You may already be doing your part to protect the environment. But, climate change is a human issue too—it's hitting the poorest ...
A tiny seed and a big idea: Insurance for Ethiopia's farmers
Selas Samson Biru faces uncertainty with the seasons: But with weather insurance she doesn't have to worry so much about her teff harvest.
Oxfam reaction to WTO judgment on US cotton subsidies
The singing wells of Dubluq: How herders in southern Ethiopia find water for their cows in the deadly winter dry season.
A Portrait of Mississippi: Mississippi Human Development Report 2009
Improving livelihoods after disasters: Tsunami research brief: Studies of paddy agriculture and the coconut fiber industry in Sri Lanka point to ways aid providers can help improve incomes.
Oxfam Impact July 2008: New mangroves breathe life into Mekong Delta
The Coir Industry in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka: A tsunami research journal article
What Happened at the G20?: Initial analysis of the London summit
Oxfam Optimistic on Progress Between Starbucks and Ethiopia on Trademarking Initiative
Oxfam outlines four stepping stones to the G20's 'new world order'
Cuba: Emerging from the crisis: After 15 years of economic crisis, Cuba is still facing significant challenges. But there are real signs that Cuba is starting to move forward.
Floods in Mexico: Punting in a baseball playground: Hundreds of thousands of people living near Mexico's Gulf Coast were displaced when heavy rains pounded the area and rivers overflowed their banks.
Group lives up to its name: Coastal Women for Change: Gulf Coast women join together to talk about what was happening in their community, what issues and problems they faced, and how these could be addressed.
His childhood lost to war, teenager starts new life in Congo: A former child soldier, this young man now supports himself as a furniture-maker in a small shop in Goma.
In Cambodia, climate extremes threaten an ancient community: Unpredictable floods are destroying the rice crops of the Cham people, forcing families to migrate in a search for survival.
In cyclone-ravaged Bangladesh, worst may be yet to come: As Bangladesh begins to recover from Cyclone Sidr, a changing climate means that more disasters lie ahead.
In Liben, herders find local solutions to local problems: A community reaches out to Oxfam in the spirit of partnership.
In Texistepeque, El Salvador, farmers question wisdom of relying on mining: Concerns about water and land lead to a debate about the role of mining in long-term economic development.
Just a boy: meeting child soldiers in eastern Congo: Humanitarian press officer Rebecca Wynn reports from eastern Congo, where a wave of violence has forced more than 250,000 people to flee their homes since ...
Letting gravity do the work, Oxfam irrigates pastures in Peru: Sprinklers help herders grow grass for their alpacas in the Andes.
Looking to Sacha Inchi for their future: How indigenous farmers are growing an ancient plant that promises to bring new opportunities—and money—to the central Amazonian jungle.
Microinsurance builds resilience after tsunami: Fishing families in Andhra Pradesh, India are relying on microinsurance to keep them out of debt to money lenders and help them save a little of what they earn.
Mountain-grown barley helps Peru herders keep their alpacas strong: Herders at high altitudes are now growing fields of barley and oats to help tide their livestock over during harsh winter weather.
New report documents the fading of the American dream: New index is a single measure of well-being for all Americans based on indicators in three key areas: health, education and income.

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