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- Sahel food crisis: Farmers cope with food shortages
- Confronted with a poor 2011 harvest, farmers find creative ways to earn money to buy food.
- 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.
- With irrigation, herders in southern Ethiopia turn to farming
- A small-scale irrigation project along the banks of the Dawa River is helping some herders grow enough food to feed their families--even as drought ravages ...
- Ethiopian farmers get a payout, easing effects of drought
- With cash from the weather insurance policies they bought through an innovative program, farmers from Tigray can now plan for the future.
- 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.
- OXFAMExchange, Fall 2011
- Africa's last famine?
- A new way of life on the Dawa
- Drought is making it difficult for herding families in southern Ethiopia to earn a living from their livestock. Some people have decided to try a new approach: ...
- What’s in a stove?
- In Darfur, fuel-efficient stoves benefit the environment and much more.
- The new adaptation marketplace
- Climate change and opportunities for green economic growth
- 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.
- 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
- Coffee cooperatives still rebuilding after Stan
- How Guatamalan coffee cooperatives are recovering from heavy rains. Part I of III
- Prone to fierce storms, Bangladesh works to improve its preparedness
- A native of Bangladesh, Latif Khan has lived through many cyclones—and has spent much of his professional life working on ways to help prevent the death and ...
- The Andean challenge: getting there and catching your breath
- At 16,000 feet above sea level, the air is thin in the mountain hamlets of Peru. Oxfam America and its partner, Asociación Proyección, are reaching out to ...
- 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 ...
- Oil spill presents array of threats to Gulf Coast
- Oxfam supports community efforts to respond to the spill.
- In Peru, farmers and shopkeepers wonder how they will begin again after destructive rains
- Heavy rainfall in Peru has caused flooding and left widespread damage, including the destruction of homes, crops, and small businesses.
- Rains across Peru destroy crops, small businesses, and thousands of homes
- Oxfam partner works to install toilets and distribute hygiene kits to families living in temporary shelters.
- Travelling down West Salvation Road
- Travel in Darfur requires patience and time. Often, riding on the back of a donkey is the most reliable way to get where you want to go.
- Food crisis in Guatemala
- Oxfam and local partners help farmers cope with crop failures, food shortages.
- A Seat at the Table
- Step into the world where food is often scarce and difficult decisions have to be made every day.
- Multi-agency report reveals disparity in living conditions for Louisianans
- New report reveals shared experiences of African Americans and Latinos
- 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.
- 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.
- The Coir Industry in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka
- A tsunami research journal article
- 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.
- OXFAMExchange Winter 2009
- These are extraordinary times
- 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 ...
- Zimbabwe: hopes for a better 2009
- A new year's celebration hardly masks the troubles countless people face in a country crippled by hyperinflation and a cholera outbreak.
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