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Harvesting coffee and carbon: Planting trees pays in Nicaragua
Incorporating agroforestry practices into coffee and cocoa production systems has many benefits for smallholder farmers – improved crop yields, healthy soils, support for biodiversity and climate resilience. Now the practices are providing additional income to smallholders in Nicaragua as they access voluntary carbon markets.
13 June 2024
Solidaridad & the Bioversity Alliance – CIAT team up with Nicaraguan farmers to confront climate change
In Nicaragua, a new partnership is introducing climate-smart practices to 25,000 coffee and cocoa producers and connecting them to carbon markets. The project is designed to foster sustainable agriculture, while boosting incomes and resilience in farming communities that are disproportionately bearing the burden of climate change.
07 June 2024
From Legislation to Action: Insights from the ‘Mandatory Due Diligence in Supply Chains’ Conference
One day after the European supply chain due diligence law - the CSDDD - passed through the European Parliament, we met in Düsseldorf to discuss the burning question with high-level representatives from companies, governments and civil society: what will an effective and inclusive due diligence framework look like in practice? In this article, we detail the exciting debates and discussions…
27 May 2024
Amplifying farmers’ voices, taking climate action
In a year of dramatic policy shifts and the increasingly visible effects of climate change, the Solidaridad Network made strong progress amplifying the voice of small-scale farmers and pushing forward with climate action. Our results on the ground and proven track record resulted in significant investment in our efforts to build fair and sustainable supply chains that serve small-scale farmers,…
08 May 2024
