Commodity: Cocoa
Smallholders crucial to preserving the Amazon rainforest
A Solidaridad project in Pará, Brazil, shows how smallholders can improve their incomes and avoid deforestation by integrating livestock and…
29 January 2019
Focus on landscapes takes sustainability to the next level
The Landscape Standard is an emerging tool that measures the environmental, social and economic impact of production on a landscape…
21 December 2018
Solidaridad urges COP24 to work with farmers to secure climate change improvements for all
Solidaridad has called on the UN Climate Summit in Katowice to support its efforts in developing countries to help farmers…
10 December 2018
The Solidaridad Show: Broadcasting Best Practices in Ghana
More than 10,000 people in both the western and Brong Ahafo regions of Ghana tune in regularly to a new…
22 November 2018
Bean-to-Bar Chocolate from Amazon Farmers Earns Praise at World Cocoa Event
Zezinho, one of 150 family farmers supported by Solidaridad in Novo Repartimento, Brazil, presented the first Bean-to-Bar Tuerê chocolate made…
15 November 2018
Solidaridad Enhances Youth Skill Development in Sierra Leone
In Sierra Leone, Solidaridad aims at increasing productivity, improving processing of oil palm, enhancing food security through food banks and…
08 November 2018
Solidaridad Receives Letter from Saint: “Be a Voice for Those Who Do Not Have a Voice”
Just weeks before his assassination, former Archbishop of San Salvador (El Salvador) Oscar Romero wrote Solidaridad a letter thanking the…
16 October 2018
Women in the Cocoa Sector in Ghana Poised for Action
Women in the cocoa sector now have a platform to promote issues of mutual interest. On World Cocoa Day, Solidaridad…
05 October 2018
Solidaridad and Partners Hold Youth in Cocoa Conference
Solidaridad West Africa and partners, implementing the MASO Youth Programme, have hosted more than 200 young men and women to…
21 September 2018
Solidaridad Deepens Partnership with COCOBOD for Cocoa Sustainability
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) and Solidaridad West Africa have strengthened their partnership to implement and support cocoa initiatives and…
17 September 2018
