Good Agricultural Practices

Women make vital contributions to agricultural supply chains across the globe. On International Women’s Day, we join the international community in calling for the rights, equality and empowerment of all women and girls. Each day we see these values expressed in the voices of women we work with in global supply chains.

The lush green fields of Tapan Mandal’s small tea farm in West Bengal, India, may paint a picture of prosperity, but his journey has not been an easy one. Under the RECLAIM Sustainability! programme, Solidaridad is supporting small tea growers, like Tapan, to organize themselves into collectives and strengthen existing collectives. 

In early 2021, Kajal Suved Shaikh, a small-scale dairy farmer from Bibi village in the Satara district of Maharashtra, India, was not quite sure where her business was headed. Though she had been farming for some time, she lacked the necessary skills to improve her farm and build her business. The Trust Dairy Project from Solidaridad Asia provided her – and over one thousand other dairy farmers – with the knowledge and digital tools to improve their practices.