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Feature Story Medhin Reda's best asset is her own hard work
This farmer is trading her labor for an insurance premium to cover her teff.
Feature Story 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.
Feature Story 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.
Briefing Paper People-centered resilience
Working with vulnerable farmers towards climate change adaptation and food security
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 ...
Insurance for Ethiopia's farmers
Feature Story Selas Samson Biru faces uncertainty with the seasons
But with weather insurance she doesn't have to worry so much about her teff harvest.
Press Release Oxfam reaction to WTO judgment on US cotton subsidies
How herders in southern Ethiopia find water for their cows in the deadly winter dry season.
Research Report A Portrait of Mississippi
Mississippi Human Development Report 2009
Research Report 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 Oxfam Impact July 2008
New mangroves breathe life into Mekong Delta
Research Report The Coir Industry in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka
A tsunami research journal article
Briefing Note What Happened at the G20?
Initial analysis of the London summit
Press Release Oxfam Optimistic on Progress Between Starbucks and Ethiopia on Trademarking Initiative
Press Release Oxfam outlines four stepping stones to the G20's 'new world order'
Feature Story 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.
Feature Story 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.
Feature Story 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.
Feature Story 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.
Feature Story 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.
Feature Story 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.
Feature Story In Liben, herders find local solutions to local problems
A community reaches out to Oxfam in the spirit of partnership.
Feature Story 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.
Feature Story 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 ...
Feature Story Letting gravity do the work, Oxfam irrigates pastures in Peru
Sprinklers help herders grow grass for their alpacas in the Andes.
Feature Story 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.
Feature Story 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.
Feature Story 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.
Feature Story 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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