Agriculture Archives - Oxfam Policy & Practice

Discussion paper

Price Interventions as a Part of Living Income Strategies: Lessons learned from piloting a price premium mechanism for basmati rice farmers in Pakistan

06/03/2023

1 documents

49 pages long

Languages: English

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Small-scale farmers produce many globally important products such as rice, cocoa, cotton and vanilla. Poverty is widespread among these farmers, and there is an urgent need to increase their incomes. A living income – what a household needs to afford a decent standard of living for all its members – is a human right. It […]

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Research report

Towards a Living Income for Cocoa Farmers in Ghana: Assessing companies’ efforts to date

14/02/2023

2 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

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This report analyzes existing strategies and interventions implemented by cocoa and chocolate companies operating in Ghana to raise the income of cocoa farmers in their supply chains. It has two main aims: first, to complement companies’ learning efforts by pulling together and distilling lessons and insights from across the sector; and second, to strengthen transparency […]

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Evaluation report

Livelihoods in the Eastern Province of Rwanda: Impact evaluation of the Enterprise Development Programme’s support to Tuzamurane cooperative

04/10/2022

2 documents

80 pages long

Languages: English

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The Tuzamurane cooperative of organic pineapple growers, located in the Eastern Province of Rwanda, processes and exports organic-certified dried pineapple to European markets. It began working with Oxfam in 2010, five years after being established. In 2015 the cooperative became one of four enterprises supported by the Oxfam’s Enterprise Development Programme (EDP) in Rwanda. The […]

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Research report

Adoption Rate and Trends in Adoption of Conservation Agriculture in Ethiopia

31/03/2022

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

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Since 2019 the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture has offered extension advice on conservation agriculture (CA). However, agricultural policy focuses mainly on intensive tillage whereas CA calls for zero or minimum tillage. Policy seems to favour productivity over sustainability, with CA adoption remaining low. Supply-side constraints include lack of access to high-quality inputs, credit, and machinery. […]

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Briefing paper

Unfarmed Now, Uninhabited When? Agriculture and climate change in Iraq

31/03/2022

1 documents

37 pages long

Languages: English

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Small-scale farmers in Iraq are among the most affected groups in Iraq by climate change and water scarcity. With the reduction of rainfall and soaring temperature, agricultural production is dropping, and farmers’ ability to cope is hindered. Affected farmers are exhausted and feel that they are left alone in the face of crisis. Many farmers […]

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Research report

Gender-Responsive Budgeting in Agriculture in Ethiopia

29/12/2021

1 documents

65 pages long

Languages: English

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The gender division of labor in Ethiopia hinders women smallholders’ efforts to improve productivity to close the gap with men’s farms. There is substantial evidence that where women have access to the same inputs and training as men, they can close that gap. The government’s national development plan identifies agriculture as the main driver of […]

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Research report

Gender-responsive Budgeting in Tanzania

29/12/2021

1 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English

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The Constitution and laws of the United Republic of Tanzania require the use of gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) to promote gender-balanced and integrated national economic plans. It is at the village level where community budget needs are identified, though women’s needs are often marginalized. Although women are best at articulating their needs, their voices are seldom […]

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Evaluation report

Resilience in the West Bank: Impact evaluation of the ‘From Emergency Food Security to Durable Livelihoods: Building Resilience in the Occupied Palestinian Territory’ project

04/10/2021

4 documents

84 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

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The ‘From Emergency Food Security to Durable Livelihoods: Building Resilience in the Occupied Palestinian Territories’ project was implemented in the West Bank, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, between November 2015 and January 2018 by Oxfam, together with two partners: the Land Research Centre (LRC) and the Palestinian Livestock Development Centre (PLDC). The project, funded by […]

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Research report

Making Gender-Responsive Budgeting Work for Women Small-Scale Farmers: Lessons from Ethiopia, Ghana, and Tanzania

03/06/2021

3 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English, French, Swahili

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This paper reviews and synthesizes three research papers that look at gender-responsive budgeting in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Tanzania, with the aim of drawing out common themes and lessons learned on what it takes to ensure well-functioning gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) and how it can benefit women small-scale farmers. While Ethiopia, Ghana, and Tanzania are not countries […]

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Case study

Towards a Gender-Sensitive Private Sector in the OPT

14/04/2021

1 documents

19 pages long

Languages: English

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This learning paper describes Oxfam's experience of conducting a Participatory Gender Audit with private sector companies in the agriculture sector in the OPT. It highlights issues such as women’s limited access to the labor market, their weak representation both as staff and as decision makers, the absence of gender-sensitive working conditions and policies, and a lack of […]

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