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Uncovering the Potential: The role of informal actors in solid waste management in Jordan

27/04/2022

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19 pages long

Languages: English

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Salvaging resources from waste containers and landfills, waste pickers are the main suppliers to the recycling sector in Jordan, yet they often live in poverty and are exposed to multiple risks. The Jordanian government seeks to integrate waste pickers into formal waste management processes, but progress has been slow. Based on interviews with formal and […]

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Analyzing Voter Turnout in Lebanon: Political Change in Times of Crisis

26/04/2022

2 documents

25 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

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In May 2022, Lebanon is hosting its first parliamentary elections since the popular uprising of October 2019, when massive protests took place to denounce the current ruling elites. This research looks at voter turnout and behavior on the eve of the elections and examines the will for political change. It argues that in the current […]

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The Workers Behind the Citrus Fruits: A focused Human Rights Impact Assessment of Coop Sweden’s Moroccan citrus fruit supply chains

20/04/2022

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101 pages long

Languages: English

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This paper reports on a focused human rights impact assessment (HRIA) of Coop Sweden’s Moroccan citrus supply chains. The HRIA aimed to assess the actual and potential human rights impacts at the production stage of the value chain in Morocco, to identify their root causes, and to provide recommendations to relevant stakeholders concerning their mitigation […]

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Turning Point: A three year update on US supermarkets’ progress and pitfalls

07/04/2022

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45 pages long

Languages: English

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Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the global landscape of the food retail industry has dramatically shifted. There is now greater awareness of how wealth and gender inequalities have been exacerbated; the power of workers in the United States (US) has been awakened; the vulnerability of global supply chains has been exposed; big retailers are competing […]

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Behind the Barcodes 2022 Supermarket Scorecard and Data

05/04/2022

8 documents

Languages: English

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This is the 2022 update to the Supermarket Scorecard, part of the Behind the Barcodes campaign that Oxfam launched in 2018 to expose the economic exploitation faced by millions of small-scale farmers and workers in food supply chains, and mobilize the power of people around the world to help end it. The Supermarket Scorecard assesses […]

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Behind the Barcodes Scorecard Data 2018-2022

05/04/2022

4 documents

Languages: English

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The Supermarket Scorecard assesses supermarkets’ policies and practices on human rights in their supply chains. We analysed whether supermarkets are transparent and accountable in the ways they ensure that workers’ rights are respected, small-scale farmers are prosperous and the women who produce our food are treated fairly. These are the four pillars of the Scorecard. […]

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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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Adoption Rate and Trends in Adoption of Conservation Agriculture in Ethiopia

31/03/2022

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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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Research report

Caring in a changing climate: Centering care work in climate action

23/02/2022

1 documents

129 pages long

Languages: English

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The global care crisis is being exacerbated by the global climate emergency, with interlocking impacts that threaten lives and livelihoods in all parts of the world. These impacts are particularly severe among rural livelihoods in low-income countries. Climate change intensifies the work involved in caring for people, animals, plants, and places. It reduces the availability […]

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Analyzing European Union Institutions’ Flows for Total Official Support for Sustainable Development (TOSSD)

22/02/2022

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63 pages long

Languages: English

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This report analyses the first round of Total Official Support for Sustainable Development (TOSSD) data from European Union (EU) Institutions. The EU is a key stakeholder in the development of TOSSD, as Co-Chair of the International TOSSD Task Force, and in the promotion of this as an essential metric in the implementation of Agenda 2030. […]

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