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“In the future all sugarcane ethanol will be Bonsucro certified”
The first Bonsucro Certified product entered the port of Rotterdam last week. It is the first shipment of a certified…
20 August 2014
Solidaridad convenes Zambian cotton industry stakeholders
Solidaridad Southern Africa and the Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI) convened a high-level multi-stakeholder conference in Zambia, where all…
EU Excellence Awards: Good Gold campaign gets the nod
The communication campaign On our way to Good Gold of the Solidaridad Gold Programme, has been shortlisted under the non-governmental organisation category for…
"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…
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…