Reaping the rewards of Conservation Agriculture
Friday, May 10th, 2013 Posted in Countries, English, Malawi | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_2740" align="aligncentre" width="410" caption=" Paulina showing her maize field; Credit: Tingo Matupa Project Officer/BSHDC"][/caption] Paulina Banda is a 41-year-old woman and married, the family has three children; two boys and one girl, aged 21, 15 and 6 respectively. She is ...
Nothing about us without us!
Thursday, May 9th, 2013 Posted in Countries, English | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_2740" align="aligncentre" width="410" caption=" The Guest of Honour, the Mozambique Minister of Trade and Industry, Armando Inroga officially opening the dialogue. Priyal Pillay/Oxfam "][/caption] Informal Cross Border Trade (ICBT) has the potential to contribute significantly to economic, sustainable growth and ...
Balaka and Blantyre farmers build resilience to climate change
Thursday, April 4th, 2013 Posted in Climate change, Countries, English, Malawi | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_2740" align="aligncentre" width="410" caption=" Mary Ligomba in front of her failed maize crop (2011 -12 crop season) Photograph: Zilani Khonje"][/caption] Travelling between the Malawi’s capital Lilongwe and Blantyre the commercial city can be exciting. The five-hour journey takes ...
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 Posted in Countries, English, South Africa | No Comments »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0fwi9K3DCw A delayed live video of the panel discussion presented by Oxfam focusing on the Brazilian experience in addressing poverty, hunger and inequality. Held in Durban on March 14th, 2013.
Cash transfer or food aid?
Friday, March 1st, 2013 Posted in Countries, English, Food security, Malawi | No Comments »By Zilani Khonje [caption id="attachment_2740" align="aligncentre" width="410" caption=" Agnes showing off part of her maize. Zilani Khonje/Oxfam"][/caption] You see, the politics of food aid in Malawi is quite interesting. Food aid or cash transfer? Whose voice matters in making decisions on ...
‘Behind the Brands’ launch – Oxfam tackles 10 food giants
Wednesday, February 27th, 2013 Posted in English, Food security, GROW campaign | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_2740" align="aligncentre" width="410" caption=" "][/caption] Approximately one in eight people go to bed hungry every night, while the 10 biggest food companies together generate sales of more than $1 billion a day. These companies have immense power but are failing ...
Domestic Resource Mobilisation: A tax study of the South African economy
Monday, February 25th, 2013 Posted in Countries, English, South Africa | No Comments »Developing countries face challenges including widespread poverty, ever increasing unemployment and widening inequalities. South Africa’s experience of these challenges has given rise in the post-Apartheid era to an examination of the nature and dynamism of income distribution and the factors ...
Emergency cash transfer response to the 2012-2013 food crisis in Malawi
Friday, February 15th, 2013 Posted in Countries, English, Food security, Malawi | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_2740" align="aligncentre" width="410" caption=" Beneficiaries of a cash transfer scheme"][/caption] The Integrated Emergency Cash Transfer Response Project, which was implemented by Oxfam and its consortium partners and being funded by DFID UK Aid, (with co-funding from Oxfam) has targeted a ...
Oxfam stands – and dances! – with one billion people to demand an end to violence against women
Thursday, February 14th, 2013 Posted in Countries, English, Women's rights | No Comments »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl2AO-7Vlzk&feature=player_embedded On February 14th, people around the world will be rising up together to protest, dance, march, and sing in a shared voice to demand an end to violence against women and girls. One Billion Rising, an inspiring global movement, couldn’t ...
Climate Change Adaption in Midlands and Masvingo Provinces
Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 Posted in Climate change, Countries, English, Zimbabwe | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_2740" align="aligncentre" width="410" caption=" ZMSD staff member Elishah Moyo points out the seasonal weather forecast at the Gutu District Agritex office (the forecast came late to the district office and was not used effectively to inform farmers about the ...
