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Journal article

Reclaiming Dignity: The struggle for recognition among women farmers and widows in Maharashtra

08/05/2025

6 pages long

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Reclaiming Dignity: The struggle for recognition among women farmers and widows in Maharashtra

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This essay deals with the struggle for recognition among women farmers and widows in Maharashtra, India.

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Technical briefing

Living Income: From Right to Reality

13/10/2021

1 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English

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Living income is trending. More and more food and agriculture companies are adopting living income commitments, and others should follow suit. But it’s a complex topic in practice. Effective interventions go beyond the farm to address the inequality of market power and risks that farmers experience. Oxfam presents eight essential issues companies confront on living […]

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Research report

Gender-responsive Budgeting in Ghana: An analysis of GRB implementation and its existing and potential impacts on women small-scale farmers

29/10/2020

1 documents

74 pages long

Languages: English

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Gender-responsive budgeting (GRB), also known as gender budgeting, is an approach to budgeting that takes into account the various needs of a diverse population by using an intersectional gender lens to respond to the different experiences of women, men, and gender-diverse groups. In addition to promoting more equitable budgeting outcomes, GRB requires that the budgeting […]

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Evaluation report

Livelihoods in Niger: Impact evaluation of the Community Based Integrated Water Resource Management project

19/07/2019

2 documents

46 pages long

Languages: English

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This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2016/17, selected for review under the livelihoods thematic area. The report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental evaluation which took place in November 2016 and intended to assess the impact of the activities of the 'Community based integrated water resource management’ project in Niger. […]

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Briefing paper

Unfair Harvest: The state of rice in Asia

20/03/2019

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

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Small-scale producers grow most of the rice in Asia, providing food security, jobs and income across the region. However, a combination of worsening inequality in food value chains and the crippling impacts of climate change are leaving rice farming systems at a critical juncture. These challenges threaten the viability of rice production that underpins the […]

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Briefing paper

Companies Spoke. Did their Suppliers Listen? Tracking Behind the Brands sustainability commitments through the supply chain with the ‘agribusiness scorecard’

04/03/2019

2 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

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Between 2013 and 2016, Oxfam’s Behind the Brands campaign sought to drive more sustainable sourcing policies and practices among the 10 biggest food and beverage companies globally. Oxfam is now focused on how the “Big 10” are implementing their commitments. How are they engaging their suppliers, such as global agribusinesses, on sustainability issues? Agribusinesses are […]

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Evaluation report

Livelihoods in Democratic Republic of Congo: Impact evaluation of the Purchase for Progress (P4P) Project

21/02/2018

2 documents

56 pages long

Languages: English

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The project ‘Purchase for Progress in DRC’ (DRCB45) was selected for an impact evluation in the 2015/16 financial year. The project’s overall objective was to contribute to improving production, sales and revenues from maize, rice, groundnuts and beans, by providing the necessary inputs and technical advice on modern methods of farming, and forming marketing groups […]

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Research report

Measuring Impact: A Meta-Analysis of Oxfam’s Livelihoods Effectiveness Reviews

08/11/2017

1 documents

56 pages long

Languages: English

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This paper presents the results of a meta-analysis examining the overall impact of 23 livelihoods projects evaluated as part of Oxfam GB’s Effectiveness Reviews between 2011 and 2016. Results show a statistically significant, positive impact on the welfare of participants, measured by household consumption and wealth. Analysis indicates an increase in household consumption of approximately […]

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Briefing paper

Financing Women Farmers: The need to increase and redirect agriculture and climate adaptation resources

13/10/2017

4 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Oxfam analysis finds that governments and donors are failing to provide women farmers with relevant and adequate support for farming and adapting to climate change. Oxfam conducted research on government and donor investments in Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and Tanzania. It found that funding in these countries is significantly lower than commitments that […]

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Evaluation report

Governance in West Africa: Evaluation of the GROW Campaign

27/02/2017

3 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English

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This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2015/16, randomly selected for review under the good governance thematic area. This report documents the findings of a qualitative impact evaluation, carried out in March 2016. The evaluation used process tracing to assess the effectiveness of the regional GROW campaign in West Africa, exploring […]

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