Commodity: Tea
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…
02 May 2024
TEH nDESO CONNECTS: Finding New Opportunities with Indonesia’s Small-scale Tea Growers
Indonesia's small-scale tea farmers face ongoing challenges due to climate change and competition. Fortunately, a recent initiative, Teh nDeso, is…
16 April 2024
Fostering inclusive value chains: Accelerate, Advocate, Amplify
In our ongoing RECLAIM Sustainability! programme, we strive for a radical re-balancing of power and genuine transformation that benefits the…
02 April 2024
Grit and guts: Karuna Daimari writes her own success story in tea
What is the role of women in the Indian tea industry? As an answer, Karuna Daimari in Assam has spent…
28 March 2024
Malawi tea sector creates a competitive edge through peer learning
Solidaridad’s RECLAIM Sustainability! programme is collaborating with Malawi tea producers as they face new challenges and prepare to transform the…
27 February 2024
RECLAIM Sustainability! 2022 Progress Report
The RECLAIM Sustainability! programme is a consortium of Solidaridad, TrustAfrica, Fairfood and Business Watch Indonesia, in strategic partnership with the…
13 November 2023
SUSTAINABLE TEA IN LATIN AMERICA – 10 YEARS SUPPORTING SMALLHOLDER FARMER PROSPERITY
Argentina is the largest producer of tea in Latin America and ninth worldwide. Argentine tea’s intense red color is a…
13 October 2023
Asia Tea Alliance Unveils Five-Point Action Plan for a Sustainable and Prosperous Tea Industry
The Asia Tea Alliance has launched a five-point plan, focused on sustainability, collaboration, innovative science and technologies, and business support,…
07 September 2023
Time to Embrace an Inclusive Multi-Stakeholder Approach in the East African Tea Sector
Tea is an important contributor to the economies of Kenya and Uganda in East Africa, yet there are numerous challenges…
27 June 2023
Pathways to Prosperity: Ensuring equal and rewarded participation of producers in global value chains
Millions of smallholder farmers and workers across the world take on a lion’s share of the work needed to realize…
26 May 2023