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The field research, which was conducted in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, builds on past work and reflects the statements made by local people. The report finds that household resilience is inconceivable […] View resource Guidelines and toolkits Incorporating the Use of ICTs into Oxfam’s Markets-based Livelihoods Programmes: A guidance paper 13/05/2014 1 documents 23 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Agriculture Development methods Enterprise development ICTs Information Communication Technologies Livelihoods M-Agri Natural resources Resilience Smallholder agriculture Sustainable livelihoods approach Overview This Guidance Paper considers ways of incorporating ICTs into markets-based livelihoods programmes. It suggests ways to identify and then use the opportunities offered by ICTs particularly in agriculture. These can include information services, value chain linkages, and financial services. The paper presents a pragmatic and strategic approach that minimises time and cost requirements while maximising […] View resource Case study Weather and Climate Forecasting for Community Resilience to Climate-Related Risks and Shocks in Uganda 09/05/2014 1 documents 4 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Advocacy Agriculture Campaigning Capacity building Civil society Climate change adaptation Disaster risk management Disaster risk reduction Disasters Drought DRR Floods Food production Food security Livelihoods Local Government Natural resources Smallholder agriculture Overview This case study showcases the innovations from Uganda’s Meteorology Department to simplify, interpret, translate into local languages and communicate the seasonal weather forecast. This innovation started in June 2012 with financial support from ACCRA consortium with the leadership of World Vision Uganda. View resource Research report Planning for an Uncertain Future: Promoting adaptation to climate change through flexible and forward-looking decision making 09/05/2014 2 documents 84 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Advocacy Campaigning Capacity building Civil society Climate change adaptation Disaster risk management Disaster risk reduction DRR Local Government Natural resources Participation Research methods Resource scarcity Smallholder agriculture Social protection Overview The need for decision making that is flexible, forward-looking and able to adapt to the unexpected is clear. One approach for achieving this is ‘Flexible and Forward-Looking​ Decision Making’ (FFDM). But what is it, and how can it be operationalised in practice? This report documents the activities of the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) in seeking to […] View resource Issue briefing Adaptation and the $100 billion Commitment: Why private investment cannot replace public finance in critical climate adaptation 18/11/2013 3 documents 16 pages long Languages: English, French, Spanish Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Climate change adaptation Climate finance Disaster risk management Disaster risk reduction Disasters DRR Finance Green Climate Fund Natural resources Overview Private finance has a vital role to play in the global response to climate change, but it is not a substitute for public finance. Developed countries have committed to mobilizing $100 billion in climate finance per year by 2020 to support climate adaptation and mitigation in developing countries. Reliance on private finance over public to […] View resource Case study Seizing an opportunity to support farmers: How Oxfam helped create Bolivia’s first national comprehensive agricultural insurance scheme 25/09/2013 1 documents 9 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Agriculture Climate change adaptation Community building Development methods Fair trade Labour standards Land rights Livelihoods Natural resources Participation Smallholder agriculture Wellbeing Women farmers Overview This is the story of how Oxfam in Bolivia took considerable risks to help a sympathetic government create a national agricultural insurance scheme. This involved weathering a political storm and carefully navigating the difficult space between the government and popular organizations. Oxfam’s work in Bolivia shows how important it is to seize opportunities, to change […] View resource Research report Economic Analysis of the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture in Russia 01/04/2013 1 documents 48 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Agriculture Agroforestry Climate change adaptation Drought Food security Natural resources Overview Climate change is already having a negative impact on agricultural production in Russia, especially grain production, the sector most dependent on weather and climate factors. In 2010 and 2012, drought caused a significant drop in grain production, which led to increase in grain prices. The total losses resulting from poor harvests exceeded RUB 300bn in […] View resource 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 Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Agriculture Aid effectiveness Food security IF campaign Natural resources Smallholder agriculture Women farmers Overview 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 […] View resource Campaign report Growing a Better Future in Viet Nam: Expanding Rights, Voices and Choices for Small-scale Farmers 16/10/2012 1 documents 52 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Active citizenship Agriculture Development methods Economic empowerment Economic growth Food production Food security Inequality Livelihoods Natural resources Resource scarcity Overview Viet Nam has an enviable record of reducing hunger and poverty: over the past 20 years poverty levels have been reduced by more than half. Many people speak of an era of new opportunities and prosperity, yet the struggle to overcome poverty, and end hunger and gender injustice is not won. With one in five […] View resource Briefing note ‘Our Land, Our Lives’: Time out on the global land rush 04/10/2012 3 documents 26 pages long Languages: English, French, Spanish Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Agriculture Business Corporate responsibility Development methods Finance Food security Investment Land rights Natural resources World Bank and IMF Overview Land eight times the size of the UK was sold off globally in the last decade, enough to grow food for a billion people, equivalent to the number of people who go hungry in the world each night. More than 60 per cent of investments in agricultural land by foreign investors between 2000 and 2010 […] View resource Posts navigation Prev page Page 1 … Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 … Page 10 Next page Spotted an error? Let us know