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Briefing paper

Addressing the Human Cost of Assam Tea: An agenda for change to respect, protect and fulfil human rights on Assam tea plantations

10/10/2019

2 documents

45 pages long

Languages: English

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Workers on tea plantations in the Assam region of India are systematically denied their rights to a living wage and decent working and living conditions. The fact that they are unable to meet their basic living costs is starkly illustrated by our finding that 50% of the households that researchers visited on behalf of Oxfam […]

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Briefing note

Workers’ Rights in Supermarket Supply Chains: New evidence on the need for action

10/10/2019

4 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

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This Oxfam briefing note presents compelling new evidence that our food supply chains are rife with violations of Human, Labour and Women’s Rights. The paper summarises new research commissioned for Oxfam, which shows the depth and scale of human suffering in food production in India and Brazil linked to international supermarket supply chains. The briefing […]

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Campaign report

Ripe for Change: Ending human suffering in supermarket supply chains

21/06/2018

8 documents

120 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Inequality is rampant across the global economy, and the agro-food sector is no exception. At the top, big supermarkets and other corporate food giants dominate global food markets, allowing them to squeeze value from vast supply chains that span the globe, while at the bottom the bargaining power of small-scale farmers and workers has been […]

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Briefing paper

Moral Hazard? ‘Mega’ public-private partnerships in African agriculture

01/09/2014

5 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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African governments are increasingly turning to partnerships with donors and multinational companies to stimulate investment in agriculture, after decades of neglect. Such public–private partnerships (PPPs) ‘at scale’ offer the allure of increased capital and technology, rises in productivity and foreign exchange earnings. In this briefing paper Oxfam assesses the effectiveness and potential of these mega-PPPs as […]

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Research report

Donor in the Dark: Putting a spotlight on UK aid to small-scale farmers

25/02/2013

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

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The UK is the sixth largest donor to agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. And, this year, the IF campaign is calling on the UK government to increase its annual support for sustainable small-scale food production by £425 million: a fair share of the public spending needed in agricultural and rural development to achieve the ambitious goal […]

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Research report

What Works for Women: Proven approaches for empowering women smallholders and achieving food security

15/03/2012

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

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The question of ‘what changes do we need to empower women smallholders and achieve food security?’ has been asked repeatedly. But transformational changes in both public policy and practice have been few and far between, although increasing access to resources and opportunities for women farmers could substantially reduce the number of hungry people in the […]

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Addressing the Human Cost of Assam Tea: An agenda for change to respect, protect and fulfil human rights on Assam tea plantations

Workers’ Rights in Supermarket Supply Chains: New evidence on the need for action

Ripe for Change: Ending human suffering in supermarket supply chains

Moral Hazard? ‘Mega’ public-private partnerships in African agriculture

Donor in the Dark: Putting a spotlight on UK aid to small-scale farmers

What Works for Women: Proven approaches for empowering women smallholders and achieving food security