Climate

Climate change is already wreaking havoc on the stability of global food supplies. Instability is projected to grow as the magnitude and frequency of disruptive extreme weather events increases. More sustainable supply chains – from production to consumption – are necessary to reduce carbon emissions and build resilience to a changing climate. Read the latest news and stories below.
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Latest News

Ghanaian farmers building resilience in the face of climate challenges

Ghanaian farmers building resilience in the face of climate challenges

WORLD BANK APPROVES GRANT TO BOOST COMMUNITY ACCESS TO FUNDS EARNED FROM CARBON CREDITS

WORLD BANK APPROVES GRANT TO BOOST COMMUNITY ACCESS TO FUNDS EARNED FROM CARBON CREDITS

Harvesting coffee and carbon: Planting trees pays in Nicaragua  

Harvesting coffee and carbon: Planting trees pays in Nicaragua  

Solidaridad & the Bioversity Alliance – CIAT team up with Nicaraguan farmers to confront climate change

Solidaridad & the Bioversity Alliance – CIAT team up with Nicaraguan farmers to confront climate change

Finding the Carbon Balance in Yerba Mate Cultivation

Finding the Carbon Balance in Yerba Mate Cultivation

Biochar Revitalizes Cotton Farming in Zambia

Biochar Revitalizes Cotton Farming in Zambia

Harvesting Potatoes and Newfound Success in Mozambique

Harvesting Potatoes and Newfound Success in Mozambique

A meeting of minds: Solidaridad and Planboo join forces to steer the cotton sector in Zambia towards climate resilience

A meeting of minds: Solidaridad and Planboo join forces to steer the cotton sector in Zambia towards climate resilience

In Uganda’s Barley Fields, a Sustainable Initiative Transforms Lives

In Uganda’s Barley Fields, a Sustainable Initiative Transforms Lives

Featured Producer Stories

About face in the Amazon: Rotational grazing helps families find a way to farm better

Ranchers in Brazil are changing how they farm and improving their income while reducing their impact on the environment in the process. Extension officers from Amazonia Connect are helping ranchers, like Alaion Costa and Cleuto Prates, make the move to rotational grazing on their farms in the State of Pará.

A Kenyan coffee grower enhances the sustainability and resilience of his farm

Like many, Richard Rono is seeing the real time impacts of climate change. Unpredictable rainfall has resulted in lower coffee yields for this Kenyan coffee farmer, but Solidaridad’s TRACE Kenya project is helping him build up his resilience. Organic farming practices have boosted his harvest and now Richard is sharing what he’s learned with others in his community as a lead farmer.

In Indonesia, indigenous Dayaks reclaim their right to food and forests

In Indonesia, the Dayak people are using agroforestry to preserve ecosystems and maintain biodiversity. Their efforts in Ensaid Panjang village have led to increased incomes and a renewed appreciation for the value of sustainable forests. The development of hand-woven art and plans for ecotourism within the Tawang Serimbak forest have brought new opportunities to the Dayak community.

Publications

Growing the future: Lessons from Climate Smart Agriculture

Financing Resilience for Small-scale Farmers

Cotton and Climate Paper

RECLAIM Sustainability! 2022 Progress Report

Coffee Barometer 2023

Monitoring primary & fallow forests using satellite imaging on coffee farms