Will business continue to feed climate change?
OxfamOPINION: As business representatives gather for a climate summit in London Irit Tamir explains why the food and beverage sector should play a prominent role in reducing global emissions. The …
Farming and food security: sharing learning from Colombia to Georgia
OxfamSharing experiences with other country programmes can lead to strategic insights. Nino Edilashvili, Oxfam’s Food Security Programme Officer in Georgia, recently attended a conference in Colombia to learn about how …
Towards economic empowerment: together
OxfamDrawing on their experiences visiting Serbian cooperatives and businesses last March, Audrey Lejeune, Programme Learning Adviser, and Shekhar Anand, Regional Livelihood Development Lead, explain why bringing people together can lead …
Five issues the 2015 climate agreement needs to address
OxfamSmall scale farmers in Asia and around the world are facing the stark reality of increasingly unpredictable weather patterns. What issues do agricultural communities identify as most important to address? …
Weathering it out: climate change and farming in Asia
OxfamAs extreme and unpredictable weather patterns have become the norm many farmers in Asia have used their initiative to diversify their crops and engage in experimentation. But, as Janice Ian …
Solar irrigation and refrigeration – improving incomes in Zimbabwe
John MagrathSolar energy is transforming livelihoods in Zimbabwe from labour saving irrigation for crops to refrigeration for fresh produce. In the third in a series of blog posts about the impact …
Bringing ‘the environment’ back down to earth
Daniel MorchainToday is UN World Environment Day, but unlike other more straightforward occasions, it is not always clear just how to celebrate this one. Here, Daniel Morchain suggests some possible ways …
Land policy makers need to focus on how change happens
OxfamAs delegates start filing in for the World Bank’s annual Land and Poverty Conference, Ross Clarke explains why a critical point of discussion should be the divergence between land policy …
Seasonal climate forecasts for all: a success story from Uganda
OxfamIn 2012, the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) embarked on a partnership with the Uganda National Meteorology Authority (UNMA) with the aim of giving men and women farmers universal …