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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.
In promoting public health, compassion is Margaret Asewe's best medicine
In Chad, Margaret Asewe worked with some of the first refugees from Darfur. In the summer of 2007, she returned to confront another rainy season and thousands ...
Saving Lives 24/7: Flood response in Senegal
Emergency fund allows fast response to severe flooding in suburbs of Dakar.
The new adaptation marketplace
Climate change and opportunities for green economic growth
People-centered resilience
Working with vulnerable farmers towards climate change adaptation and food security
Making Investments in Poor Farmers Pay
A review of evidence and sample of options for marginal areas
Turning the Tables
Global trends in public agricultural investments
More rice for people, more water for the planet
System of Rice Intensification (SRI)
Halving Hunger: Still Possible?
Building a rescue package to set the Millennium Development Goals back on track
Water is life
High in the cloud forest of Piura, local communities understand the importance of the area's water and medicinal plants. They warn the proposed Rio Blanco ...
The rains have come, but food crisis continues to afflict West Africa, hitting Chad hard
With harvests still weeks away, Oxfam is increasingly concerned about the situation in western Chad.
Bold commitment to innovation
Le Ngoc Thach made a commitment–and a guarantee–to help farmers grow more rice.
The ones who feed the world
During a US speaking tour organized by Oxfam, four international farmers find common ground with their Iowa counterparts.
Saving for Change
Oxfam America has pioneered an alternative microfinance model called Saving for Change, which self-replicates on a large scale and at a low cost, serving those ...
Oxfam and partners hail Ghana for enacting law on petroleum revenue
As Ghana joins the league of oil producing nations, Oxfam America and its local partners congratulate the country for putting in place the legal framework for ...
Saving for Change members celebrate International Women’s Day
In El Salvador, opportunities to save and invest in small businesses come with training and reflection on food.
Risk of another forgotten emergency in Africa as thousands flee Ivory Coast violence
Ghana adopts West African mining principles
After almost two years of its enactment by West Africa’s regional body, Ghana joins Senegal in adopting the principles on mining in the region.
Community-based human rights impact assessments: Practical lessons
Report from an international meeting, Canada 2010
With small but steady steps, Haitians work to make better lives for themselves in the countryside
A key to decentralizing Haiti is to create more opportunities in its rural regions.
A set of simple water pumps improves life in a Gambian village
The ones who feed the world
During a US speaking tour organized by Oxfam and allies in October 2010, four international farmers find common ground with their Iowa counterparts.
Hard earth, hard choices
When drought hits, herders in southern Ethiopia sometimes have no choice but to sell the animals on which they depend.
More water, more food
An improved irrigation channel in Ethiopia now delivers a steady supply of water to a small village called Shasha Korke.
In border village in Gambia, hardships hit everybody
Coping during the hungry season in Gambia
Nyama Filly Fofana leads the way.
ECOWAS sets up committee on mining reforms
Latest step in effort to improve, standardize requirements for oil, gas, and mining in West Africa.
Some justice for a palm tree
Inadvertent destruction of an oil palm tree leads to highest compensation ever.
Groundbreaking method enables small farmers to grow more food with less water
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 ...
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