Oxfam Novib SeedsGROW 2, 2019-2024

Exempel på uppnådda resultat under 2021 Följande paragrafer redogör för höjdpunkter och resultat rapporterade för 2021, kopplade till de strategimål inom strategin för globalt hållbara ekonomiska utveckling (GLOBEC) och strategin för globalt hållbar miljö, klimat och biologisk mångfald som insatsen bidrar till. Förbättrade förutsättningar för en tryggad livsmedelsförsörjning, hållbara livsmedelssystem, ökad produktivitet och hållbarhet inom jordbruk, skogsbruk och fiske samt stärkt ägande- och nyttjanderätt av mark och naturresurser (GLOBECs strategi) Stärkt anpassningsförmåga och motståndskraft mot klimatförändringar och naturkatastrofer (GLOBENs strategi). Marknadsutvecklingen för kooperativ och utsädesföretag visar även det på tydliga resultat totalt såldes 504 ton av utsäde av uppemot 72 variationer under 2021. Fäör hela programmets period var målet sätt till 733 ton och för perioden 2018 - 2021 är totalen 1 100, så resultaten för 2021 är omfattande. Enbart i Zimbabwe såldes under 2021 ca 400 ton utsäde till ett värde av 275 000 USD, vilket är det land som sålt mest under programmet. Oxfam Novib uppskattar att dessa resultat tillsammans bidrog till att förbättra den biologiska mångfalden, försörjningen, och kostnäringen för 260 000 hushåll under 2021. 4 500 hushåll har direkt fått en mer diversifierad och hälsosam kosthållning under 2021. [ACT/TARGET] Uppemot 31 olika utsäden har integreras i farmer field schools (FFS) vilket är ett sätt att öka resiliensen eftersom olika utsäden klarar olika väderförhållanden och skördas vid olika tidpunkter på året. Seeds huvudresonemang är att diversifiering ökar tryggheten och motståndskraften. [ACT/TARGET] I Peru bidrog stöd från GROW till en historisk vinst för Nuevo Andoas -samhället i Perus högsta domstol, då deras markrättigheter och kompensation för tidigare markförluster beviljades. [ACT/TARGET] Inom ramen för klimat rättvisa ledde GROW även en kampanj för World Climate March, vilket resulterade i att 17 000 människor i 40 länder världen över marscherade i solidaritet för att visa deras delaktighet i besluten från UNFCCC COP 26, där endast ett fåtal aktörer kunde närvara. Bilder och meddelanden från dessa aktiviteter projicerades runt Glasgow under COP och delades också via sociala medier. [GLOB/NORM] Stärkt ekonomisk egenmakt för kvinnor (GLOBECs strategi) Mer än hälften av de människor som involveras i programmet är kvinnor och fler och fler kvinnor är facilitatorer inom de FFS som programmet arbetar genom, uppemot 60 % totalt och 95 % i Nepal. [ACT/TARGET] GROW har genom policy och påverkansarbete medverkat till lanseringen av The Global Acceleration Plan for Gender Equality med starkt stöd för kvinnors markrättigheter (juni 2021) och CollectiveWomen's land Rights Committment, som involverade 30 organisationer och leddes av Oxfam. [GLOB/NORM] Förbättrade förutsättningar för hållbar och inkluderande marknads- och privatsektorutveckling samt hållbart företagande (GLOBECs strategi) SD = HS har ett specifikt målområde för Farmer Seed Enterprises. Inom det här området stödjs främst kooperativ i förhållande till ökad produktion och ökade tillgång till marknader. Exempelvis har utbildningar för att uppnå certifiering av sina utsäden för deltagare hållits, en studie om utbud och efterfrågan av lokala grödor gjorts. [ACT/TARGET] Mycket av arbetet fokuserades kring Behind the barcodes-kampanjen och hur stormarknader under pandemin har ökat sina vinster medan arbetare och producenter har förlorat inkomst och arbete. Rapporten "Not in this Together" som förklarar hur superkedjor och deras delägare gjort storvinster under pandemin, men producenter, speciellt kvinnor och unga, å andra sidan fått minskade inkomster och inskränkta rättigheter. Rapportern fick internationell spridning i media och ledde bland annat till att den amerikanska kedjan Kroger gjorde ett ställningstagande för mänskliga rättigheter. Flera andra kedjor (Albert Heijn, Lidl, Jumbo, Tesco) gjorde liknande ställningstaganden och åtaganden att säkra inkomst för producenter och bönder. Förutom matkedjor så fick kampanjen även genomslag i Tyskland där en ny värdkedjelag antogs och i Nederländerna, där påverkansarbete ledde till antagandet av en ny due diligence process för mänskliga rättigheter och en lag som syftar till att förbättra villkoren i värdekedjor har börjat förberedas. En brasiliansk supermarknad publicerade sin första mänskliga rättighetspolicy. (Detta resultat är också relevant för målet relaterat till sysselsättning) [GLOB/NORM] [NAT/INST] Förbättrade förutsättningar för produktiv sysselsättning med anständiga arbetsvillkor (GLOBECs strategi) Hållbara produktions- och konsumtionsmönster, inklusive omställningen till hållbara livsmedelssystem, minskade föroreningar och hållbar kemikalie- och avfallshantering (GLOBENs strategi) De olika initiativ som Oxfam har tagit, både på nationell och global nivå, tillsammans med sina partners övertygade 11 livsmedelsföretag att offentliggöra sina åtaganden för att stödja till exempel kvinnliga arbetare och jordbrukare i sina leveranskedjor genom att "stänga löneklyftorna". Utvärderingar visar att mer än 10 000 arbetare i Brasilien har mer rättvisa löner efter det påverkansarbete och de bedömningar av stora företag som GROW-kampanjen gjort. [GLOB/NORM] Inom GROW finns också ett resultatområde kopplat till International and Globally Relevant Financial Institutions där de bland annat arbetar med/mot IFC och andra aktörer för att öka due diligence, transparens, policyer etc. hos finansiella institutioner. Möjligtvis kan därför detta program också rapporteras mot det GLOBEC-målet (finansiell inkludering). Synergier och överlapp med Fair Finance International bör också undersökas. [GLOB/NORM] Ökat skydd, bevarande och restaurering av ekosystem och biologisk mångfald samt stärkta förutsättningar för hållbar förvaltning och hållbart nyttjande av landbaserade naturresurser (GLOBENs strategi) Under 2021 nådde SD = HS aktiviteter 48 000 hushåll och stöttade 739 FFS och 19 småskaliga bönders utsädesföretag. Kvinnor utger mer än hälften av de som deltar i och gynnas av programmet. Samarbeten genomfördes med 46 partners inom växtförädling, genbanker, och forskningscentrum, vilket gav tillgång till 164 nya sorter (totalt nu 805) utsäde. Utav detta antogs 32 nya sorter (totalt nu 49) för förbättring och vidareutveckling av FFS, med prioritering för klimatanpassningsförmåga. [ACT/TARGET] Referenser kring agroekologi inkluderas också i COP26 text vilket var ett initiativ programmet gjorde lobbyarbete för. [GLOB/NORM] 2020 Results This Sida contribution contributes to different levels, i.e. global/normative level [GLOB/NORM], at national/institutional level [NAT/INST] and actors/target group [ACT/TG] of the Theory of Change (ToC) of the Strategy for Swedens global development cooperation in sustainable economic development 2018-2022. It also contributes to four of its strategic objectives: ECO 2.1 Strengthened ownership and tenure rights for land and natural resources; ECO 2.2 Improved conditions for private sector development, sustainable business and responsible and sustainable investments and innovations; and ECO 2.3 Increased  productivity and sustainable production in agriculture, forestry and fisheries, including food security; and ECO 2.4 Strengthened women's economic empowerment; It also contributes to three objectives in the Strategy for Swedens global development cooperation in the areas of environmental sustainability, sustainable climate and oceans, and sustainable use of natural resources 20182022. Namely: ENV 1.2 Reduced vulnerability of people living in poverty as well as increased resilience to manage climate change and natural disasters; ENV 2.1 Enhanced protection and rehabilitation, and sustainable management and use of land-based ecosystems, biodiversity and species, natural resources, including agriculture and forestry, as well as ecosystem services. ; and ENV 2.5  Sustainable production and consumption patterns, including preventive chemical control and waste management. The target group of the programme, the smallholder farmers, are directly involved in the programme for the SD=HS part, whilst indirectly impacted for the GROW part of the programme. SD=HS reports results based on 4 outcomes and GROW based on 3 pathways. These results also show a connection to GLOBECs and GLOBENs objectives, as well as GLOBECs ToC (or how they channel change).  Results from SD=HS (Seeds) SD=HS objective is: Indigenous peoples and smallholder farmers enjoy their Farmers Rights and have the capacity to access, develop and use plant genetic resources to improve their food and nutrition security under conditions of climate change. SD=HS operates in seven countries (Guatemala, Laos, Nepal, Peru, Uganda Zambia and Zimbabwe) and one learning country (China). Country level examples [NAT/INST] [ACT/TG] Outcome 1: Farmers crop diversity management, and the full outcome is: Resilient indigenous and farming communities are better able to access and sustainably use and maintain plant genetic resources for food and nutrition security, climate change adaptation and disaster management. The countries that are included under this outcome are China (linking and learning only), Guatemala, Laos, Nepal, Peru, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Accordingly, the outcome is on track, having reached approximately 7,300 farmers, which is also the targeted number, and are working to develop new crop varieties in 300 Farmer Field Schools (FFS) on participatory plant breeding across seven countries [NAT/INST] [ACT/TG]. On an outcome level, support through agricultural extension and training via the FFS and access to more nutritious and locally adapted seeds, enables the target groups to be food secure, and improve their livelihoods. This has also allowed the smallholder farmers to better cope with shifting market demands and the impacts of climate change, such as droughts and floods. The result under this outcome reports to several of the tagged objectives under both GLOBECs and GLOBENs strategy, but majorly to ECO 2.3 and ENV 2.1. Outcome 2: Farmer seed enterprises, and the full outcome is: Indigenous peoples and smallholder farmers enhance their livelihoods, income and seed security through improved production or market access to high-quality seeds of diverse crops and varieties, which are adapted to farmers needs and preferences. The countries that are included under this outcome are Nepal, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Activities under this outcome have encountered some challenges as a result of extreme weather events, such prolonged droughts and erratic rainfall. Oxfam reports, amongst others, that ca. 7,300 farmers have directly accessed quality seeds, and received organisational development support followed by capacity building / technical assistance [ACT/TG]. According to Oxfams Annual Report, the 2019 production season was challenging for Zimbabwes Champion Seeds cooperative, due to the countrys continued economic downturn and erratic rainfall. As a direct consequence, less seed was produced in 2019: a total of 84 MT of climate-smart seed was marketed and diffused to marginal regions where smallholder farmers reside. The cooperative maintained a 100% seed certification rate that is, all seeds successfully passed inspection. With nine seed varieties, including farmer varieties, suitable for the agro-ecological regions where smallholder farmers live, Champion Seeds crop portfolio is more diverse than that offered by other seed shops. The maize, small grain and legume seed crops produced by the Farmer Seed Enterprises (FSE) are drought tolerant and early-maturing varieties, suitable for production in low-rainfall environments. This supported smallholder farmers in marginal regions in Zimbabwe to adapt to the impacts of climate change and at the same time gain access to markets to sell the products, which has improved the smallholder farmers livelihood situation in times of extreme weather events [ACT/TG]. Outcome 2 results essentially reports to ECO 2.3; ENV 1.2; and  ENV 2.1. Results from cross-cutting areas under SD=HS - YOUTH: In this second phase of SD=HS, Oxfam reports a stronger involvement of youth in the programme activities. Approximately 30% of the direct beneficiaries are youth (< 35 years), and higher than the initial target of 25%. A major success factor was the establishment of youth-led FFS, with activities specifically targeting the younger generation. For example in Zimbabwe, youth-led FFS hosted sessions on the use of mobile applications for agriculture [NAT/INST] [ACT/TG]. The youth-led FFS integrated a focus on market linkages as a way to involve young people migrating back from urban areas. The objective is to ensure that youth have the possibility during the programme period to develop and establish youth-led agri-businesses. This result can be tied to the following objectives for respective strategy: ECO 2.2; ECO 2.3; and ENV 1.2. Global level examples [GLOB/NORM] [ACT/TG] Outcome 3: Nutrition and local food plants, and the entire outcome is: To strengthen the coping mechanism of the households (men and women) participating in the program by improving access to and use of local food plants, in particular neglected and underutilized species (NUS). Under this outcome, Oxfam reports on progress against the uptake of producing local food plants and nutrition by smallholder female farmers via the FFS approach. 1,112 farmers benefitted directly from the work under this outcome. Results also show that smallholder farmers are increasingly using NUS, particularly under food scarcity periods, to build resilience, ensure food security and that the target groups get access to healthier and more nutritious foods. In this context, the programme is working a lot to change / alter norms around NUS across regions where the SH=HS is present [GLOB/NORM] [ACT/TG]. The result under this outcome reports to numerous of the tagged objectives under respective strategies, but mainly to: ECO 2.3; ECO 2.4; and ENV 2.1. Outcome 4: An enabling policy environment, and the complete outcome is: Policymakers and other stakeholders support an enabling policy and institutional environment for farmers seed systems and the implementation of Farmers Rights, through improved policies and practices. This is a normative outcome, and reports on results from local to global level. One interesting highlight from 2019 is the Adoption of the Guidelines for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Farmers Varieties and Landraces by the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA). The guidelines now make proper reference to the importance and rights of smallholder farmers in creating and conserving local crop diversity. These guidelines aim to assist countries in developing national plans for the conservation and sustainable use of farmers varieties [GLOB/NORM] [ACT/TG]. Reported results of outcome 4 can be connected to the following strategic objectives: ECO 2.1; ECO 2.2; ECO 2.3; and ENV 2.1. Results from cross-cutting areas under SD=HS - GENDER: SD=HS have developed a plan to integrate female leadership in its existing methodology, learning, and research tool. As a result, the programme has opted to include local methodologies within Oxfams Gender Action Learning System (GALS). Oxfam reports on some results related to representation. Thus, Sida asked Oxfam to further elaborate on how SD=HS addresses social and gender norms, with a clearer tie to Womens Economic Empowerment (WEE). Accordingly, the SD=HS have integrated the GALS methodology in the FFS toolbox. There are different exercises within this field guide, where some exercises aim at revealing precisely difference in norms, rules and social expectations [GLOB/NORM] [ACT/TG]. These results explicitly report to ECO 2.4 and the policy marker on gender equality (marked as significant). Results from GROW The objective of GROW is: To contribute to a diverse and active movement for food justice across the world and to ensure that women small-scale food producers and their communities benefit more from local, national, and global public and private sector policies that ensure their food security and the protect and promote their prosperity and resilience. The GROW campaign operates at a global level, in over 30 countries. The GROW programme uses funds from Sida to support three pathways globally and nationally in Brazil, India, Pakistan, Thailand, and Uganda. Pathway 1: Globally and nationally operating food companies share power and wealth more equally in the supply chains, contributing to a poverty-free food system in which the millions of women and men who grow, produce and process the food are able to claim their rights and thrive. Outcomes under this pathway are on track. This pathway specifically works with the BehindtheBarcodes / Price campaign and the rights of small-holder farmers to produce food sustainably. It also emphasises on farmers worker rights. The geographical focus of this pathway is Brazil, India, Thailand and global. Example of interesting campaigning (advocacy work) under Pathway 1: In the first half of 2019, Oxfam engaged with supermarkets targeted in the Behind the Barcodes / Price campaign, which was launched in 2018 with an initial focus on the abuse of seafood workers human rights. The second scorecard, covering the 16 biggest retailers in Europe and the US, was issued on 3 July 2019. It updated scores on supermarkets transparency and accountability, and how they ensure workers rights are respected, small-scale farmers are prosperous and resilient, and the women who produce our food are treated fairly [GLOB/ NORM] [ACT/TG]. The coming annual report 2020 will most likely present possible behavioural changes by the retailers. Results under Pathway 1 can be tagged to ECO 2.3; and ENV 2.1. Pathway 2: Public and private financial sector actors prioritize projects that support women small-scale food producers and their communities, that respect land rights and that are aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement. Outcomes under this pathway are on track and largely emphasises on Oxfams advocacy work with banks and other financial institutions on securing land rights through FPIC (Free, Prior and Informed Consent). The geographical focus of this pathway is global. Example of successful strategic advocacy planning, leading to concrete actions changing practices, under Pathway 2: In August 2019, the report Consent is Everybodys Business: Why banks need to act on Free, Prior and Informed Consent was launched. It will underpin Oxfams advocacy with banks and other financial institutions on securing land rights through FPIC. The report focuses on why banks need to have good policies on FPIC, and how they could ensure effective implementation. Philippe Le Houérou, CEO of the IFC, confirmed in October 2019 that it would officially start its pilot voluntary disclosure of high-risk sub-projects under its investments. This was a major milestone for our work on the transparency of financial intermediaries. Oxfam organized a major workshop with 40 participants from civil society on how best to engage and influence IFIs, strengthening alliance work and capacity. [GLOB/ NORM]. Moreover, in 2019, Oxfam reports to have followed up with the IFC on two initiatives: (a) its Green Equity Strategy (GES), to support its financial intermediary clients exit from coal investments; and (b) a voluntary initiative to disclose relevant information of higher-risk sub-projects financed by its financial intermediary clients. The IFC prioritized the development of the GES over the disclosure initiative because transparency in the banking sector is a fairly controversial issue. However, Oxfam reports having pushed the IFCs management to develop the details of both and seized the opportunity of a hearing before the financial services committee of the US Congress to raise the issue of lack of transparency in IFC intermediaries lending. In this way, Oxfam influenced the negotiations with IFC and its most important donor, the US government, especially towards making disclosure a mandatory rule rather than a voluntary one [GLOB/ NORM]. These reported findings explicitly reports to ECO 2.1; ECO 2.2; ECO 2.3; and ENV 1.2. Pathway 3: Governments address the needs of women small-scale food producers and their communities, particularly those affected by climate change, through pro-poor climate adaptation plans, finance for irreversible loss and damage as a result of climate change, and secure and equitable land rights. Similar to pathways 1 and 2, this pathway is also on track, with a particular emphasis on climate change-related to land rights. Example of a result under Pathway 3: In the first week of December 2019, Oxfam and partners launched a large public action under the Land Rights Now campaign highlighting specific cases of criminalized land rights defenders. The campaign pooling different grants together, among others the Sida one was built around five cases from Guatemala, Chile, Colombia, the Philippines, and DR Congo. Mobilization events in at least 13 countries put pressure on governments to end the criminalization of land rights defenders [GLOB/NORM] [NAT/INST] [ACT/TG]. The reported result of Pathway 3 is explicitly linked to ECO 2.1. Moreover, according to the report, the Sida funds have supported the GROW programme to deliver public campaigns and influencing strategies aiming at fixing different aspects of the food system that excludes the rights of small-scale farmers. It includes the BehindtheBarcodes/Price campaign and engagement with governments, multilaterals, and International Financial Institutes (IFIs) on climate change and land rights (with a particular emphasis on womens rights) [GLOB/NORM] [ACT/TG]. In 2019 Oxfam has invested more in gender justice and womens rights by adopting recommendations of feminist influences into GROWs campaigns (and also includes planning, monitoring, and accountability) [GLOB/NORM]. Oxfam have also engaged in the UNFCCC Gender Action Plan, supporting the participation of women farmers [GLOB/NORM] [ACT/TG]. The summarised results above are majorly tagged to all four of GLOBECs strategic objectives, and two out of three of GLOBENs strategic objectives, i.e. ENV 1.2 and ENV 2.5.   The above summarizes well the results tagged to the different relevant goals in the two different strategies, they also show the goals that in a synergized way contribute to both strategies.  For the purpose of facilitating the strategy reporting and other reporting, GLOBEN has decided to clearly report results per relevant strategy goal, as per below (some repetition from above is hence apologized for).  1.2 Reduced vulnerability of people living in poverty as well as increased resilience to manage climate change and natural disasters In the SD=HS project, 7,300 farmers (50% female) in 300 new Farmer Field Schools on Participatory Plant Breeding across the eight countries are working on selection and development of new crop varieties to better cope with shifting market demands and the impacts of climate change, such as droughts and floods. The aim is to develop climate-resilient varieties: for example, an FFS in the flood-prone area of Saravanh province in Laos successfully selected a rice variety with the ability to resist being submerged in flood water. To reduce farmers vulnerability to climate change, SeedsGROW has: i) worked with farmers to develop improved seed varieties; ii) engaged with local and national institutions on adaptation plans and NDCs; iii) engaged with global climate talks to influence policies and practices in support of women small-scale food producers and their communities; and iv) engaged with allies and partners such as CAN, WWF, PACJA, FAO, UNEP, Bioversity, IFDC, and Global Crop Trust to develop a more integrated approach to climate resilience. Examples of specific results:  - Global progress included governments endorsing a Gender Action Plan to increase womens participation and leadership in the UNFCCC process, and developing countries at COP25 taking up the demands of Oxfam and other CSOs on loss and damage. - In Pakistan and Uganda, GROW campaigns on climate combined public actions with advocacy to influence governments climate change legislation, strategies, and updates to National Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement. In both countries, Oxfam and partners were actively involved in Septembers Greta Thunberg-inspired Global Week for Future. In Uganda the president established a parliamentary committee to start drafting a climate change bill and the NDC. - Oxfam with partners IUCN and WWF mobilized approximately 35,000 small-scale food producers in the three districts (Badin, Thatta and Karachi) to influence district government on implementation of adaptation policies. 2.1 Enhanced protection and rehabilitation, and sustainable management and use of land-based ecosystems, biodiversity and species, natural resources, including agriculture and forestry, as well as ecosystem services The SD=HS reached out to more than 30, 000 farmers and indigenous people in eight countries. 374 Farmer Field schools were established and supported. In these Farmer Field schools, 496 new varieties of over 20 crops made available and 7,300 farmers were trained on plant breeding and crop diversity management improving livelihoods and overall resilience.  In 2019, around 33,000 community members in three districts in Southern Pakistan were mobilized with support from GROW through community awareness sessions on preserving mangroves to protect coastal livelihoods. Advocacy towards the provincial government of Sindh was directed towards including in the draft climate change bill providing farmers and rural communities local livelihood diversification options to reduce migration to urban areas. In Uganda, 1,000 people from communities in the kingdom Buganda took action to preserve vulnerable ecosystems such as protection of Lake Victoria and reforestation of degraded areas of Buganda in the light of climate change. 2.5 Sustainable production and consumption patterns, including preventive chemical control and waste management. In Brazil, Oxfam (under the GROW project) and partners organized a roundtable discussion in December 2019 entitled Opportunities and Challenges for a Sustainable Fruit Supply Chain covering due diligence, audits, certification and supply responsibility. Representatives of actors including Tesco (retailer) and Unilever (food processor) met with rural unions and certification bodies such as Rainforest Alliance and Global Gap.  In Thailand, which provided cases on human rights abuses faced by seafood workers for the first global public action in 2018, Oxfam and partners continued the national version of the Behind the Barcodes / Price campaign the Dear Supermarkets Campaign. Three retailers made progress especially on transparency: Tesco Lotus, for example, translated and published its human rights in supply chain policies. Major seafood exporters made public commitments on labour rights in a public forum organized by the Ministry of Labour and Oxfam. Results related to thematic perspectives (already mentioned above, but clustered here for easy access) Gender equality SD=HS have developed a plan to integrate female leadership in its existing methodology, learning, and research tool. As a result, the programme has opted to include local methodologies within Oxfams Gender Action Learning System (GALS). Oxfam reports on some results related to representation. Thus, Sida asked Oxfam to further elaborate on how SD=HS addresses social and gender norms, with a clearer tie to Womens Economic Empowerment (WEE). Accordingly, the SD=HS have integrated the GALS methodology in the FFS toolbox. There are different exercises within this field guide, where some exercises aim at revealing precisely difference in  norms, rules and social expectations. In 2019 Oxfam invested more in gender justice and womensrights by adopting recommendations of feminist influences into GROWscampaigns (and also includes planning, monitoring, and accountability). As mentioned above, Oxfam have also engaged in the UNFCCC Gender Action Plan supporting the participation of women farmers. Human Rights A highlight from 2019 within SD=HS is the Adoption of the Guidelines for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Farmers Varieties and Landraces by the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA). The guidelines now make proper reference to the importance and rights ofsmallholder farmers in creating and conserving local crop diversity. These guidelines aim to assist countries in developing national plans for the conservation and sustainable use of farmers varieties. Interesting results under GROW are the following: -Oxfam in 2019 engaged with supermarkets targeted in the Behind the Barcodes / Price campaign, which was launched in 2018 with an initial focus on the abuse of seafood workers human rights. The second scorecard, covering the 16 biggest retailers in Europe and the US, was issued on 3 July 2019. It updated scores on supermarkets transparency and accountability, and how they ensure workers rights are respected, small-scale farmers are prosperous and resilient, and the women who produce our food are treated fairly. - Oxfam and partners launched a large public action under the Land Rights Now campaign highlighting specific cases of criminalized land rights defenders. The campaign pooling different grants together, among others the Sida one was built around five cases from Guatemala, Chile, Colombia, the Philippines, and DR Congo. Mobilization events in at least 13 countries put pressure on governments to end the criminalization of land rights defenders.  -The report Consent is Everybodys Business: Why banks need to act on Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), launched in 2019, underpins Oxfams advocacy with banks and other financial institutions on securing land rights through FPIC. The report focuses on why banks need to have good policies on FPIC, and how they could ensure effective implementation. IFC confirmed that it would start its pilot voluntary disclosure of high-risk sub-projects under its investments. Oxfam organized a major workshop with 40 participants from civil society on how best to engage and influence IFIs, strengthening alliance work and capacity.

The overall objective of the phase 2 programme is to contribute to a global food system that is just and sustainable, that supports the rights of small-scale food producers- men and women-, that guarantees food and nutrition security and that promotes the sustainable management of natural resources and biodiversity within the context of a changing climate. By the end of the project, women small-scale food producers will benefit from policy and practice change that empowers them to address injustices in the food value chains, increases their resilience to climate impacts and contribute to secure and equitable land rights.. Medium to long term changes envisioned by SD=HS and which form the core of the Theory of Change are: Pillar 1: through self sustaining Farmer Field Schools and over 35,000 grassroots master trainers, resilient indigenous and farming communities are better able to access and sustainably use plant genetic resources for food and nutrition security, climate change adaptation and disaster management. Pillar 2: by contributing towards a farmer inclusive market, indigenous peoples and small-holder farmers enhance their livelihoods, income and seed security through improved production of and improved policies on market access to high-quality seeds of diverse crops and varieties. Pillar 3: by understanding and addressing the hunger period, rural communities have strengthened their coping strategies by increasing the intake of nutritious food based on local biodiversity and improved management of neglected and underutilized species (NUS). Pillar 4: by providing evidence in support of farmers seed systems, Policy makers, seed industry and other stakeholders support an enabling policy and institutional environment for farmers seed systems and the implementation of Farmers Rights. Participatory Knowledge Management: though larger scale documentation, farmers access and use of information, and targeted communication materials, SD=HS will further enable reach out and facilitate exchange of knowledge and seed and foster greater cooperation of multiple stakeholders engaged in plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. By the end of the project at least 215,000 households in indigenous and farming communities will have benefitted. The target is that at least 50% of these beneficiaries will be women. The overall objective of the GROW project component is to contribute to a diverse and active movement for food justice across the world and to ensure women small-scale food producers and their communities benefit more from local, national and global public and private sector policies that ensure their food security and that protect and promote their prosperity and resilience. Long term changes envisioned by GROW are; globally and nationally operating food companies share power and wealth more equally in their supply chains, contributing to a poverty-free food system. Oxfam will encourage key private sector actors in the agri-food systems to improve their policies and practices in the areas of land rights, climate change and food value chains; public and private financial sector actors prioritize projects that support women small-scale food producers and their communities, that respect land rights and that are aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement. Oxfam will engage with International Financial Institutions and other globally relevant Financial Institutions to ensure better alignment with international benchmarks, and leverage progress in their lending standards to encourage governments and others to do so; governments address the needs of women small-scale food producers and their communities, particularly those affected by climate change, through pro-poor climate adaptation plans, finance for irreversible loss and damage as result of climate change, and secure and equitable land rights. Sida assesses that the planned objectives of the intervention are plausible. There is simply a clear logic between the objectives.