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Farmers at Ruti irrigation scheme, Gutu District, Masvingo Province (from left to right: Elastos Manyanga, Katinos Mudadi, Davison Chara, and Ipaishe Masvingise). Photo: Martin Walsh/Oxfam, December 2013

Love in the drylands, how irrigation is changing lives in Zimbabwe

Martin Walsh

October 5th, 2017 Climate Change, Debating Drought, Food security, General

Climate 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 …

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A presentation at Fulchari Union. Credit: Caroline Ashley/Oxfam

A no ‘tick-box’ approach to gender and resilience

Caroline Ashley

August 22nd, 2017 Food & livelihoods, Gender, Women's Economic Empowerment

A key question for Oxfam and the development sector is how to address the different challenges faced by people living in poverty in a holistic fashion. However, our partners are …

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A letter to Sainsbury’s

Oxfam Policy & Practice

June 2nd, 2017 Food & livelihoods, General, Private sector

This is a joint agency letter sent to Sainsbury’s CEO Mike Coupe following the announcement of the “Fairly Traded” tea pilot and the creation of the new Sainsbury’s Sustainability Standards.  Dear …

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Filling water cans as part of Oxfam's drought response in Somaliland. Credit: Oxfam. Cash transfers

Smarter aid: Why digital cash transfers are the future

Nigel Tricks

May 18th, 2017 Cash transfers, Food & livelihoods, General, Humanitarian, ICT4D

With mobile internet now widely available across East Africa the arguments for aid through electronic cash transfers are overwhelming. Nigel Tricks, Oxfam’s Horn East and Central Africa Regional Director reflects …

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Food price volatility infographic

John Magrath

May 5th, 2017 Food & livelihoods

Oxfam and the Institute of Development Studies published a report from four years of research in 10 countries into price volatility and its impact on the millions of people who struggle to …

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A woman hangs her washing to dry in Ruti, Zimbabwe 2012.

Cash transfer programming in Zimbabwe

Khodeza Rume

April 11th, 2017 Aid, Food & livelihoods, ICT4D

Khodeza Rume, a Humanitarian Support Personnel in Food Security and Livelihoods, reflects on a recent electronic cash programme with the World Food Programme and Econet.  With the 2008 financial crash, Zimbabwe …

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A man cares for his goats in Abs district, in Hajjah governorate, Yemen.

Revisiting Yemen in the midst of conflict

Jonathan Puddifoot

March 24th, 2017 Conflict, Food & livelihoods, Humanitarian

The people of Yemen are experiencing one of the world’s gravest humanitarian crises. The conflict between a Saudi-led coalition of Gulf countries and the Government of Yemen against the Ansar-Allah …

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Research-into-Use for climate change adaptation

Sue Moore

January 13th, 2017 Climate Change, Food & livelihoods, Food security

Sue 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 …

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A beneficiary of an Oxfam livelihoods programme, and her son. in Mpana village, Malawi.

Shaking up the system: Improving the tea industry and workers lives in Malawi

Daniel Morchain

October 13th, 2016 Climate Change, Food & livelihoods

One year into Malawi 2020 Daniel Morchain looks how some of the stakeholders are working with the tea labourers central to the project to ensure that the tea industry in …

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Using micro-hydro power for irrigation and energy in Nepal

Oxfam

June 13th, 2016 Food & livelihoods, Innovation, Water

LEARNING: Could micro-hydro power bring sustainable energy to remote villages around the world? Public Health Engineer Anjil Adhikari explains how Oxfam has been involved in bringing electricity to a village …

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© 2018. Oxfam is a registered charity in England and Wales (no 202918) and Scotland (SC039042).
Oxfam GB is a member of the international confederation Oxfam.

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  • Topics
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