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Oxfam's Grow Campaign: Mid Point External Evaluation

Owl RE (2013), 87 pp.
"On 1 June 2011, Oxfam launched the GROW campaign to tackle food injustice and build a better food system. The GROW campaign is broad and diverse, operating at national, regional and international levels, across 4 thematic areas – land, investment in small-scale agriculture, climate change and food price volatility. As of March 2013, teams in 34 Southern countries and 16 Northern ‘affiliate’ countries were involved in the campaign. In this first phase, a number of outcomes were achieved across 50 countries and globally. The most significant achievement was securing policy changes or commitments on food and land from governments, corporations, and global bodies in addition to involving rural women in these processes. The biggest challenge has been to “deeply engage” with a significant global audience of 50 million on one or more of the GROW themes. More success has been seen in building national networks or cross-country initiatives, that while effective, haven’t constituted a global movement on food." (Executive summary, page 3)