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The Climate Forecast Model: Lessons from ACCRA Uganda

10/09/2014

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

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In Uganda, roughly 70 percent of households are dependent on rain-fed agriculture. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization determined that the drop in the growth of the Ugandan economy from 6.6 percent in 2004–05 to 5.3 percent in 2005–06 was largely due to the variability of the weather, specifically its impact on agriculture. It is […]

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Briefing paper

Delivering Prosperity in Myanmar’s Dryzone: Lessons from Mandalay and Magwe on realizing the economic potential of small-scale farmers

28/08/2014

2 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

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Myanmar is undergoing intense and rapid changes. Policies formulated today will determine the future path of political and economic development. Modernization of the country’s agricultural sector is, rightly, a priority. However, mechanization and large-scale agricultural investment is not the only option. Small farm development provides a commercially viable option with better outcomes in terms of […]

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Book

No-one Should Be Oppressed: Writing about our lives and struggles

19/06/2014

1 documents

145 pages long

Languages: English

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This book captures work from the Organising Marginalised and Vulnerable Women Workers cluster of the Oxfam Women’s Rights Advancement Programme (OWRAP) in South Africa. Contributions are from over twenty female workers and members of three organisations: Mthonjaneni Home Based Care Network in Kwa Zulu-Natal, Seasonal Farm Worker Structures in the Western Cape, and Sisonke sex […]

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Research report

Food Crisis, Gender, and Resilience in the Sahel: Lessons from the 2012 crisis in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger

16/06/2014

2 documents

58 pages long

Languages: English, French

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This report deals with the issues, or rather, with the responses to the 2012 food crisis in the Sahel, from a gender perspective. 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 […]

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Annual report

The Enterprise Development Programme Annual Review 2013

29/05/2014

1 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

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This is the 2013 Annual Report of Oxfam’s Enterprise Development Programme (EDP). This report marks the final year of the six-year pilot phase of EDP by featuring the independent evaluation that recounts the achievements and lessons of the programme so far. The report includes the profiles from all 16 enterprises that Oxfam is currently supporting in 14 […]

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Evaluation report

Impact Evaluation Report: Nepal – Pavitra Vegetable Seed Cooperative Project

20/05/2014

1 documents

57 pages long

Languages: English

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This impact evaluation analyses the findings and lessons emerging from the Oxfam Enterprise Development Programme’s (EDP) work with Pavitra enterprise in Nepal. EDP is designed to improve the livelihoods of smallholder producers and promote positive gender outcomes, by supporting the development of viable commercial enterprises, typically owned and run by the smallholder farmers themselves. In […]

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Discussion paper

Who Wants to Farm? Youth Aspirations, Opportunities and Rising Food Prices

01/03/2014

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

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In an era of land grabs and environmental uncertainty, improving smallholder productivity has become a higher priority on the agenda for poverty reduction and food security. Yet emerging evidence about the realities and social norms and desires of young people in developing countries indicates a reasonably widespread withdrawal from work on the land as an […]

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Evaluation report

Oxfam Enterprise Development Programme Review: Summary Report December 2013

19/12/2013

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

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This report presents the key findings and recommendations of an independent evaluation of Oxfam’s Enterprise Development Programme (EDP). The evaluation was commissioned by Oxfam GB and was conducted by Bridges Ventures in 2013. The report analyses what EDP has achieved relative to its objectives, how cost-effective the programme is, what key lessons are emerging and […]

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Evaluation report

Women’s Right to Be Heard: An evaluation of Oxfam GB’s ‘Raising Her Voice’ portfolio

04/11/2013

1 documents

68 pages long

Languages: English

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This final evaluation is both a meta-analysis of the national evaluations of the Oxfam GB’s Raising Her Voice (RHV) programme, and an assessment of the global portfolio as an entity. The former seeks to draw learning and conclusions from the evidence generated by the different RHV projects on progress, implementation and impact, review and update […]

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Briefing note

When Women Farm India’s Land: How to increase ownership?

30/10/2013

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

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Women have long played a crucial role in India’s agricultural production, and the trend that sees men shifting to non-farm activities further increases their responsibility. The situation of women cultivators is one of tremendous vulnerability: without land titles, they are not recognised as farmers, and thus are not able to access credits and government benefits. […]

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