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Our sustainable food and resource rights projects aim to ensure an increasing number of marginalised smallholder producers are able to access and control natural resources. 

The fishing industry in Vietnam is a major source of employment and income. There are about five million people working in fishing, the majority of whom are women. Wild capture fishery, meaning wild…

Oxfam has a long history of engagement with Unilever at the global level. Building on this experience, during 2011 Oxfam undertook a study of labour standards in Unilever’s operations and supply…

Shrimp production in Vietnam is a booming business, with the sector growing more than 300 percent in terms of volume between 2001 and 2012. Shrimp farming provides a livelihood for more than one…

The pork industry in Vietnam creates around four million full-time jobs each year. Most pig farms are relatively small, with more than 85 percent of 3.5 million households breeding just one to nine…

Across Southeast Asia, rattan and bamboo play an invaluable part in rural people’s livelihoods. In Vietnam, roughly 15 million poor people living in mountainous areas depend on non-timber forest…

The Mekong region is rich in natural resources. The area includes the Mekong River, which runs through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, and is home to more than 60 million people…

Vietnam is a global leader in seafood production. Shrimp alone is an important livelihood source for over one million people, the vast majority of whom are small-scale producers. However, the booming…

Agriculture is a vital source of income and employment in Vietnam, with more than half of the labour force working in the sector. Rice is a particularly important crop, and Vietnam is the second-…

The aim of Oxfam’s sustainable food and fair sharing of natural resources programme is to ensure that smallholder producers are able to secure access to and control over land, water and other natural…