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"There is a solution to poverty"
Solidaridad Network Executive Director Nico Roozen is this week talking about the solutions to poverty in a special supplement of…
20 August 2014
Enhancing sugarcane sustainability in South America
In a joint effort to enhance sustainability initiatives and foster synergies between Solidaridad sugarcane partners in South America, project managers…
Column Solidaridad Executive Director: Banishing poverty by using peoples talents
An entire library has been written about the causes of poverty in the world. A random street interview will provide…
Bangladesh: Lax fire-safety plagues garment industry
More than 120 employees died over the weekend in a garment factory fire in Bangladesh, which is the second fire…
Raízen presents first results of Farmer Support and Loyalty Tool
A new specially designed software program helps farmers improve their business. It generates an individual recommendation report for improving practices…
Food Security: Massive ‘SaFal’ project rolled out for Bangladesh farmers
In one of the largest programmes involving Solidaridad Network Asia in the region, the Embassy of the Netherlands in Dhaka…
Sustainable textile wet processing requires holistic approach
The use of hazardous chemicals and inadequate treatment of the effluents in textile dyeing and finishing is now high on the agenda…
Bonsucro Conference 2012: Rapidly growing number of participants
More and more stakeholders in the sugarcane sector are getting involved in Bonsucro. Around 150 delegates from over more than…
Zambia welcomes Thumbs Up Africa trio
Eleven countries later and still counting… This is the exhaustive and exciting hitchhiking journey of 15 000 km from The Netherlands…
For children school is the best place to work
Introduction The world community has committed itself to the eradication of child labour, starting with ‘the elimination of all worst…