Influencing for food security in the South Caucasus
Shekhar Anand and Jacky RepilaWhat strategies can be used to raise the voices of smallholder farmers so that food security policies reflect their needs? Shekhar Anand and Jacky Repila share learning from Oxfam’s national …
Love in the drylands, how irrigation is changing lives in Zimbabwe
Martin WalshClimate change is placing increasing stress upon the livelihoods of people living in the world’s drylands. Smallholder irrigation can help improve food security in areas with unpredictable rainfall. Here Senior …
Research-into-Use for climate change adaptation
Sue MooreSue Moore explains the use of Research-into-Use and explores what this means for researchers, practitioners and ultimately, those most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. ‘We want water, not …
Big food is improving but a transformation is needed
Erinch SahanOPINION: With the release of the latest Behind the Brands report, Erinch Sahan takes us through how the ‘Big 10’ food and beverage companies have progressed on their social and environmental …
El Salvador: the struggle to survive El Niño
Elizabeth StevensThe global El Niño weather phenomenon is being exacerbated by climate change. The UN’s humanitarian agency predicts that in 2016 over 60 million people around the world will be affected …
Delicious, disgusting, dangerous – how global eating habits are changing
John MagrathThere’s a food revolution going on all over the world and the young are at the forefront of it; but how much are they the leaders? And how much are …
Delicious, disgusting, dangerous: how global eating habits are changing
John MagrathThere’s a food revolution going on all over the world and the young are at the forefront of it; but how much are they the leaders? And how much are …
Fishy business: Thai communities threatened by the seafood industry
OxfamIn Thailand intensive fishing by big business has caused a stark decline in seafood stocks which is threatening food security and the livelihoods of poor and vulnerable communities. Here, Werapong …
Pledging solidarity with the people of South Sudan
OxfamBy July 4.6 million people in South Sudan’s could be severely food insecure. On 16 June an aid pledging conference is being held in Geneva. Here Josephine Liebl explains why donor …