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1.3 million rice farmers now using innovative growing methods in Vietnam
Oxfam support for System of Rice Intensification helping to change lives of farmers.
Business partnership promotes resilience and environmental preparedness
PREP is a partnership formed to address the risks and opportunities climate change poses to businesses and communities.
OXFAMExchange, Winter 2012
What if development took the kind of time and commitment it takes to raise a child? (It does.)
Sahel food crisis: Farmers cope with food shortages
Confronted with a poor 2011 harvest, farmers find creative ways to earn money to buy food.
Sahel 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
In Peru, women confront climate change with traditional gardens
Can ancient knowledge help solve today’s problems? Indigenous women in the Amazon believe that it can—and to prove it, they’re going back to their roots.
In northern Ethiopia, weather insurance offers a buffer against drought
A growing number of families have signed up for weather insurance to protect their crop investments from insufficient rainfall.
Oxfam calls for major shake-up of food aid
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.
More than 1 million growers are now embracing innovative approaches to producing more rice
System of Rice Intensification helps small-scale farmers in Vietnam.
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.
Key companies launch partnership on climate resilience
Land grabs push thousands further into poverty
Large-scale land grabs threaten poor communities' access to food. In such deals, small-scale farmers are forced to leave their land, their homes, and their ...
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.
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.
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 the grip of drought
Ethiopians find ways to fight back
People-centered resilience
Working with vulnerable farmers towards climate change adaptation and food security
Bold commitment to innovation
Le Ngoc Thach made a commitment–and a guarantee–to help farmers grow more rice.
What Happened at the G20?
Initial analysis of the London summit
100 people pushed into poverty every minute by economic crisis
Oxfam outlines four stepping stones to the G20's 'new world order'
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 ...
OXFAMExchange Fall 2009
Facing Down Hunger: The global food crisis one year later
The other green revolution
African farmers have reclaimed farmland lost to drought in the Sahel, bringing hope for the future of this arid region and a model for fighting hunger ...
A Seat at the Table
Step into the world where food is often scarce and difficult decisions have to be made every day.
New deadlines not enough to finalize a 'development' trade round
OXFAMExchange Fall 2008
A root revolution in Cambodia
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