Jan Joost Kessler on four ways to scale up responsible business models that are better for people and planet.
How can programmes to change farming markets be led by national NGOs?
Ashley Aarons sets out how international organisations can enable national NGOs to take the lead on efforts to change the lives of smaller farmers, including changing contracts, training and supporting coalitions.
It’s time to tackle the power imbalance between farmers and agribusiness buyers
System change programmes have had significant impacts on farmers and workers around the world. However, says Ashley Aarons, they have tended to ignore the existence and harm of power imbalances. Drawing on Oxfam´s work in Southeast Asia, he suggests new tactics and examples of how to address such imbalances.
How can firms measure progress to gender equality in their supply chains?
Jiselle Steele of the Oxfam Business Advisory Service introduces the “Gender Transformative Tracker”, piloted by Oxfam and stakeholders in the seafood industry in south-east Asia – and draws out four key insights from the pilot for boosting gender equality. Read her blog below and join the OBAS webinar on 18th July to find out more.
How are chocolate companies doing in boosting cocoa farmers’ incomes? Our research suggests there’s a long way to go…
Uwe Gneiting shares top insights from new research that looks at companies’ attempts to raise farmer incomes in Ghana
Four steps to transform women’s lives in coffee farming
Jiselle Steele of the Oxfam Business Advisory Service (OBAS) explains how we are supporting the integration of a “gender transformative approach” into the policies and practices of the coffee industry – and invites you to a webinar next month to learn more
How Agribusiness is fueling the climate crisis in the Amazon
Over a year has passed since the world was shocked by the images of the fires blazing across the Amazon. While the world’s attention has moved on, the climate crisis in the Amazon continues – fueled largely by the unchecked expansion of agribusiness. The Amazon, with its millions of acres of tropical rainforests and savannah ecosystem, spans across several countries in South …
Making markets work in fragile settings
Oxfam OPT’s Economic Justice team shares four lessons learned from their market system development (MSD) work with small-scale farmers in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian Territory affects 4.8 million Palestinians, nearly a quarter of whom live below the poverty line. Among other threats, at least 1.9 million Palestinians experience – or are at risk of …