Press releases

Before the opening of the Committee on Food Security’s annual meeting in Rome (7 October), Oxfam called for Governments to ensure that biofuel policies do not force poor farmers off their land and fuel food price spikes.

The biggest names in the food and drink industry are not doing enough to stop land grabs and conflicts in their supply chains.

In response to World Bank President Jim Yong Kim’s speech at George Washington University: "

New estimates today from the Food and Agriculture Organization which show that the number of hungr

Statement from Oxfam America President Raymond C. Offenheiser:

Oxfam urges the Colombian government to close the loopholes that allowed Cargill – the world’s largest agricultural commodity trader – to acquire over 52,000 hectares of land in Colombia’s Altillanura region through 36 shell companies between 2010 and 2012.

More than 9,000 people are being helped by International agency Oxfam through its partners with safe water, following the earthquake.

Reacting to the report released today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Tim Gore, Oxfam’s Grow Campaign Head of Policy said;

The Control Arms Coalition welcomed today’s signing of the Arms Trade Treaty by the United States.

The UN General Assembly outcome document agreed today exposes the unevenness and gaps in achieving the MDGs between and within countries.