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CLIMATE-SMART FOOD SYSTEMS STRENGTHEN RESILIENCE AND LIVELIHOODS ACROSS GHANA
From turning agricultural waste into organic inputs to connecting rice farmers directly to local processors, the Acting Now project is demonstrating how practical solutions can strengthen Ghana’s food systems while creating new opportunities for farmers and local businesses. The project brings together farmers, processors and input enterprises to strengthen different parts of the agriculture supply chain. This approach has resulted…
23 October 2026
NEW TEXTILES PROJECT TARGETS EU READINESS, DECARBONIZATION AND CIRCULARITY BY 2028
In collaboration with partners, Solidaridad has launched a new project to drive sustainability in the textiles industry—the Circular Textiles Bangladesh: Advancing Traceability and Decarbonization initiative. This project is geared to address the long-term sustainability of Bangladesh’s ready-made garment and textile sector through practical circular, traceable and low-carbon production approaches. The project launch in Dhaka brought together the consortium partners to…
21 October 2026
Exporters Ready, Smallholders Lagging: Time Runs Out for EUDR preparation
A new Solidaridad assessment across 120 supply chain organisations highlights a sharp divide: while exporters are moving forward, the vast majority of smallholders and farmers face critical gaps. European buyers are already requiring data for EUDR compliance. Solidaridad’s recent study in Colombia reveals that 79% of coffee exporters and 75% of cocoa exporters have received […]
20 October 2026
FARMER-LED TEA SEEDLING PRODUCTION
Written by Misozi Magaleta, Project Manager at Solidaridad (Southern Africa) In Malawi, what started as a pilot initiative has now grown into a scalable solution that is helping farmers tackle one of the tea sector’s biggest challenges which is limited access to quality planting materials. Smallholder tea farmers in Mulanje and Thyolo are transforming tea production through farmer-led seedling nurseries.…
19 October 2026
Judith Munini: Growing a Commercial Tree Nursery in Dry Makueni
Judith Munini spent over 30 years farming rain-fed crops in drought-prone Makueni County, Kenya, struggling with water scarcity, pests and unreliable income. With support from the Acting Now project, she adopted solar-powered drip irrigation, organic composting and dryland fruit farming. Today she runs a commercial tree nursery with over 20,000 seedlings and has trained more than 200 farmers.
16 October 2026
Cultivating Resilience: Solidaridad, EWS-KT and East-West Seed expand collaboration across Asia and Africa
Solidaridad has begun a new phase in our strategic partnership with East-West Seed and East-West Seed Knowledge Transfer Foundation (EWS-KT). Through the signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), our organizations will continue to collaborate on projects to foster sustainable and inclusive vegetable cultivation. We will explore opportunities for joint initiatives across several countries in Africa and Asia, with the objective to…
STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY ACTION AGAINST CHILD LABOUR IN GHANA’S SHEA SECTOR
Solidaridad and Vitara have set up four community-led Child Protection Committees in Ghana’s Northern and Upper West regions to identify, report and refer cases of child labour in the shea sector. Working alongside social welfare officers and traditional authorities, the committees are already shifting how parents view children’s education and farm work.
09 October 2026
As the EUDR comes into force, we need to pursue Smallholder Inclusive Risk Mitigation: new paper launched
The European Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) has been at the heart of Solidaridad’s advocacy work for years now. In that time we, along with many other CSOs and producer organisations have argued that the EUDR, to be effective, needs to be inclusive for smallholders. Corporations, in efforts to reduce risks often choose to exclude smallholder farmers […]
08 October 2026
