Archives: News Items
Strengthening Civil Society’s capacity in Sierra Leone
Civil society organizations, women representatives and farmers in the cocoa and oil palm sector in Sierra Leone are advocating and…
10 October 2022
Bringing climate-smart farming to India’s Odisha state
Solidaridad has partnered with Sarat Kar & Anima Kar (SKAK) Foundation and Idea-Vodafone Foundation to transform Cuttack and Kendrapara in…
06 October 2022
Dream Fund programme at the Clinton Global Initiative 2022 meeting
Solidaridad, in partnership with Postcode Lottery Group, participated in this year's Clinton Global Initiative meeting.
Cocoa programme phase two formally ends
Solidaridad has formally ended the second phase of its flagship cocoa programme, the Cocoa Rehabilitation and Intensification Programme, with a…
04 October 2022
Putting youth employment and entrepreneurship at the centre of agri-sector development
Young people are essential to economic development and food security in East, Central and Southern Africa as they make up…
03 October 2022
Coffee Sustainability: Kenya’s Looming Crisis Amidst the Soaring Cost of Production
Over half a million Kenyan smallholder farmers are farming coffee. But they only produce 2 to 3 kilograms of cherry…
30 September 2022
Asian Palm Oil Alliance: A new regional multi-stakeholder platform
Solidaridad has brought together the palm oil industry associations from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal to form the…
29 September 2022
Solidaridad start-up Ecoban awarded for its contribution to the circular economy
Ecoban, a start-up created by Solidaridad, Agrofair and the Banana Cluster, has found a comprehensive solution for dealing with plastic…
26 September 2022
UPSKILLING SMALLHOLDERS REMAINS A GOOD RECIPE FOR SUSTAINABILITY
For 75 year-old avocado farmer Godson Kalolo technical assistance has been the key to growing from a smallholder into an…
24 September 2022
First Palm Oil Barometer challenges negative public perception on palm oil sustainability
Smallholder farmers are sustainable palm oil production’s secret ingredient. While smallholder palm oil farmers risk living in poverty, the 282…
15 September 2022
