Sugar rush: Land rights and the supply chains of the biggest food and beverage companies
This paper sets out how one crop – sugar – has been driving large-scale land acquisitions and land conflicts at the expense of small-scale food
This paper sets out how one crop – sugar – has been driving large-scale land acquisitions and land conflicts at the expense of small-scale food
Extreme weather events are becoming increasingly common in Russia, and the 2012 drought confirmed this trend. However, Russia still has only a small number of
At least 328 people have died in a 7.7 earthquake in Awaran, southwest Pakistan. The earthquake created a new island off the coast and flattened
The Control Arms Coalition welcomed today’s signing of the Arms Trade Treaty by the United States. As the world’s biggest arms exporter, the United States
This briefing paper explores how the failure to tackle climate change threatens all aspects of food security – availability, access, utilisation, and stability. The changing
Climate change will leave families caught in a vicious spiral of falling incomes, rising food prices, and declining quality of food, leading to a devastating
On September 19 Oxfam published research that many donor countries were not giving their fair share of humanitarian aid to Syria. We regret that the
Oxfam’s analysis of donor country’s contributions to help the Syria crisis is based on the UN launching a US$5 billion appeal for Syria in June.
Today 31 major investment funds, representing nearly 1.5 trillion dollars of assets under management, called on food industry giants to improve their supply chain policies
Only 1 per cent of the Afghan National Police is female. Although female police are vital for Afghan women to be able to report crimes