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Seeking a better price and a consumer connection, small-scale growers & tea brand turn to traceability solution
Green leaf tea, produced by smallholders, accounts for more than 50 percent of India’s total tea production. Even when grappling with newer challenges like the effects of climate change, they continue to face the quality, safety and livelihood issues that have long plagued the tea sector in India and abroad. SoliTrace, a traceability technology solution, is designed to support these…
02 May 2024
Bridging the Financial Gap: Transforming Smallholder Farming Through Access to Finance
In Nigeria, Daniel Ushie, a 61-year-old oil palm farmer, has experienced firsthand the challenges of providing for his family. With support from the Village Savings and Loans Association programme, he has successfully invested in small cassava and palm oil processing mills.
01 May 2024
A meeting of minds: Solidaridad and Planboo join forces to steer the cotton sector in Zambia towards climate resilience
Solidaridad and Planboo, a global provider of nature-based carbon removal, have joined forces in the name of improving agricultural practices across Zambia’s cotton sector, to build smallholder farmer resilience and contribute to combating climate change.
30 April 2024
Sowing the Seeds of Change to Revamp Agriculture in Nigeria
With oil palm farming in decline in Nigeria, the Cross River State is sowing the seeds of opportunity. In response to the country’s overreliance on crude oil revenues, this state is looking to develop a roadmap in order to sustainably revitalize its agricultural sector through high-value crops like oil palm, cocoa and coffee.
