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- A new generation
- Meet Eneyda, a young Machiguenga woman navigating the confusing waters connecting her remote indigenous community, and the environmental threats and economic ...
- Sabodala: Poverty in a land of gold
- In Senegal, a gold mine has displaced farmers from their fields, leaving hundreds without jobs or a decent way to make a living. Oxfam America's partner is ...
- 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.
- 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.
- Oxfam's oil, gas, and mining program
- Oxfam advocates just government policies and corporate practices in the oil, gas, and mining industries, and supports the right of communities to participate ...
- 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
- Relief agency hails Obama's historic endorsement of indigenous people's rights
- Big challenges remain for managing Ghana's oil future
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Oxfam calls for community rights improvements as IFC reviews standards
- Drawing water to a thirsty village
- In the aftermath of the tsunami, Oxfam helped an impoverished farming community in Sri Lanka find a solution to its most devastating chronic emergency: ...
- Fixing up the land, little by little
- Farmer Lucas Izapo says it could take three or four more years to recover his land. Part III of III
- Cambodia sees Oxfam as a partner in petroleum lawmaking process
- Public forum on extractive industries attracts attention of national government.
- Ethiopian farmers meet with importers and roasters
- In Addis Ababa, both sides discuss how Ethiopian farmers can gain more control over their coffee names, and get a bigger share of the profits.
- Coffee cooperatives still rebuilding after Stan
- How Guatamalan coffee cooperatives are recovering from heavy rains. Part I of III
- Cotton farmers get organized
- Small farmers in Mozambique mobilize for greater control of the cotton production chain.
- Small scale coffee farmers make headway in new international coffee charter
- After long period of negotiations, a successful conclusion.
- Pacific Rim case against the Salvadoran government begins
- Civil society group criticizes handling of dispute between mining company Pacific Rim and the Salvadoran government, says environmental issues and the rights ...
- Take Action: Global Food Crisis
- Already 854 million people on our planet suffer from hunger. Now, as food prices climb high and fast, conditions are becoming worse and threatening the ...
- Forecasting a better future
- The progress of a village in India that participated in a study on rainfall illustrates the value of research in helping farming communities adapt to climate ...
- Weeding out abuses
- Recommendations for a law-abiding farm labor system
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