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Coping with crisis in the Sahel
Low rainfall, poor harvests, high food prices and a lack of pasture mean that 13 million people are at risk of serious food shortages across the Sahel region. To help those worst affected by the crisis, Oxfam is running a number of programmes to provide income, water and animal healthcare.
Date published: April 2012
The Karrayyu: pastoralism under threat
The Karrayyu are one of the last remaining Oromo pastoralist groups in Ethiopia. Although they are strong and resourceful with a rich cultural heritage, their future is threatened due to changing economic, social and climatic conditions.
Date published: February 2012
Climate change - for the better?
In Himachal Pradesh, northern India, rising temperatures have proved a blessing for farmers who are willing and able to change their production systems and take risks with new crops. Lower altitudes are now suitable for high value vegetables and farmers in higher villages are growing apples.
Date published: December 2011
Flower power for community development
Kenyan rose exporter, the Ravine Rose company, is investing a share from its premium earnings in community facilities, including medical, educational and social. Young people are getting skills training in a variety of types of work and the community is enjoying a 'buzz' of real progress.
Date published: October 2011
End of the road for India's nomads?
In India, long drought periods, overpopulation, increasing disease pressure and declining fodder resources are threatening the livelihoods of Raika pastoralists. In response, work is being done to improve grazing rights and develop niche camel products, but will this be enough?
Date published: August 2011
Forest lives - defending diversity
Around the world, forest resources are under threat. In response, the Rainforest Alliance is working to protect biodiversity, ensure sustainable livelihoods and transform land-use and business practices and consumer behaviour.
Date published: June 2011
In Nicaragua, construction of earth dams has allowed farmers to extend their cultivation into the dry season, creating ideal conditions to grow cash crops such as rice, beans, maize and water melons.
Date published: April 2011
Building Afghanistan's farming future
Beyond the poppy-growing headlines, Afghan farmers are looking to new cash crops and other enterprises, to restore their damaged land and build a sustainable, profitable future.
Date published: February 2011
High altitude farming on Lake Titicaca
With intense sunny days and freezing nights, only the toughest crops, livestock and farmers can survive on Lake Titicaca's Island of the Sun.
Date published: January 2011
Lake Malawi - where's the catch?
Home to more than 500 species of fish, Lake Malawi has one of the most diverse fish faunas in the world. But over-fishing is seriously depleting stocks of many food species, threatening a vital source of protein and putting the long-term future of Malawi's fishing industry at risk.
Date published: October 2010
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