food

Vegetables on sale at Millenium camp in Ehtiopia. Simon Burch/Oxfam

GROWing in Ethiopia

Ethiopia is the second most populous country in Africa with approximately 83 percent living in rural areas, reliant on agriculture for food and income. More than 50% of these are women. Correcting the gender balance in agriculture sectors would reduce global food shortage by at least 17 percent...

Oxfam staff distributing food to vulnerable families in Jonglei. Bruno Bierrenbach Feder/Oxfam

Conflict has brought South Sudan to its knees, as 6.1 million face severe hunger

Almost five years of deadly war has left more people in more parts of South Sudan suffering catastrophic levels of hunger.

A woman carries a sack of food airdropped by the World Food Programme (WFP) and distributed by Oxfam in Padding, Jonglei, South Sudan. Albert González Farran/Oxfam

South Sudan's hunger for peace

Entering its fourth year of brutal war, South Sudan is yet again at a critical point in its young life - more South Sudanese are hungrier than ever before. Whilst famine has not been declared, 6.3 million people, almost half the country, are struggling to get enough to eat and are dependent on...