Publications
Fed Up: Now's the Time to Invest in Agroecology
With case study evidence from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia and Pakistan, and citing global studies and surveys, this report argues that agro-ecology – or ecological agriculture – offers tools that
Biofuelling the global food crisis: why the EU must act at the G20
A new report commissioned by ActionAid shows that biofuel targets set by the EU will lead directly to an increase in the prices of key agricultural commodities worldwide by 2020. And – while consumers
Climate Resilient Sustainable Agriculture: A Real Alternative to False Solutions
ActionAid believes that agroecology-based Climate Resilient Sustainable Agriculture (CRSA) is an effective way to respond to both the climate and food crisis. CRSA proposes to overcome the gaps of
Illustrations on Women's Unpaid Care Work
Unpaid care work is essential to human development and sustaining households and communities. However, women’s disproportionate responsibility for this work makes it a burden and has severe
Biofueling Hunger: How US Corn Ethanol Policy Drives Up Food Prices in Mexico
There is widespread agreement that biofuels expansion, with its direct diversion of food and feed crops and its indirect impact through competition for land and other food-producing resources, has
We Won’t Accept Hunger Ambassadors’ Toolkit
This toolkit and how to use itHunger is the world’s biggest killer but it can be stopped, if politicians take notice and do something. That’s where you come in. This toolkit is a key part of the We
Into Unknown Territory: The limits to adaptation and reality of loss and damage from climate impacts
This paper contextualises issues around loss and damage as a result of climate change and demonstrates the urgent necessity for a range of approaches to address it through scaled up adaptation and
From Under Their Feet: A Think piece on the gender dimensions of land grabs in Africa
This paper was commissioned by ActionAid and serves as a think-piece to build our understanding of the gendered implications of the recent wave of large-scale land acquisitions and investments
Fuel for thought: Addressing the social impacts of EU biofuels policies
In recent years, communities supported by ActionAid and its partners from around the world have suffered the negative impacts of industrial biofuels production projects and policies. While ActionAid
Photobook - ActionAid's response to 2011 Cambodia floods
A photobook outlining ActionAid's response to the floods which swept through large parts of Cambodia in late 2011.