Monday’s UN World Food Summit in Rome (16-18th) could be a waste of time and money unless world leaders intervene now to salvage it. International agencies ActionAid and Oxfam say governments are at risk of throwing away a great chance to stop more than one billion people going hungry. Read full release »
As the international community marks World Food Day, a food crisis is looming in flood affected communities in Cambodia, international aid agency Oxfam warns. Oxfam Australia estimates that 100,000 people are affected by the floods following Typhoon Ketsana and 15,000 households are in need of immediate food assistance. Read full release »
There is enough food grown in the world for everyone. And yet we remain stuck in a food crisis. Half the world’s food is lost as waste while a billion people – one in every six of us – cannot access enough of the other half and so go hungry every day. Our leaders have another chance to put that right. Read full release »
Five of Australia's largest International Humanitarian Organisations have joined forces on International Human Rights Day to appeal for government and public action on the most basic of human needs - food. Read full release »
Food insecurity in the East Asia and Pacific Region is fast becoming a chronic problem, with a report released today showing that people in parts of East Timor are now facing up to five months a year without enough food to eat, according to international aid agency Oxfam. Read full release »
Oxfams statement at the end of the UN Food Summit in Rome Read full release »
In advance of the UN Food Summit in Rome, Oxfam releases a report stating how world leaders need to respond to the food price crisis. Read full release »
Oxfam Australia's response to the annoucement from AusAid that the Government will contribute $30 million of assistance to the World Food Program. Read full release »
Oxfam's response to a meeting of the UN, World Bank, World Trade Organisation and 20 other agencies in Switzerland about the current food price crisis. Read full release »
Statement from Care Australia and Oxfam Australia at the conclusion of a three day meeting at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organisation in Rome about food security and humanitarian relief. Read full release »