Commodity: Cocoa

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Integrating good practices in smallholder farm management

Smallholder farmers possess vast knowledge of traditional farming methods passed down from generations. However, they often lack the skills and…

28 April 2021

Service delivery SMEs boost cocoa production in West Africa

Over the last five years, Solidaridad West Africa has supported the establishment of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to deliver…

Building cocoa farmers’ capacities strengthens family income

Solidaridad builds smallholder cocoa farmers’ capacities, so they can take full advantage of landscapes and increase their incomes.

Community extension officers trained in cocoa production

Solidaridad has trained 164 community extension officers to provide quality extension services to smallholder cocoa farmers in Liberia to improve…

14 April 2021

Popularizing tree crop policies for agricultural transformation in Sierra Leone

Solidaridad and the Cotton Tree Foundation, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in Sierra Leone, have engaged…

12 April 2021

Unpacking Solidaridad’s start-up models for youth in cocoa

Solidaridad’s youth in cocoa programme in Ghana has challenged the notion that young people have no interest in cocoa farming. …

26 March 2021

Fighting food insecurity through financial literacy: Solidaridad programme in Ivory Coast empowers women

“If you had known me before, and came to see me today, you would undoubtedly have noticed a change.” Ardjouma…

24 March 2021

Barter scheme to provide incentives for sustainable cocoa production in the Amazon

A “sustainable bartering” agreement between representatives of the cocoa industry and a local cooperative provides affordable fertilizers to smallholder farmers…

23 March 2021

Cocoa from small farmers that protect the Amazon is awarded once more

For the third consecutive year, fine chocolates made with premium cocoa from producers in the Brazilian Amazon were recognized in…

16 March 2021