Region: East & Central Africa
Working towards self-regulation in small-scale gold mining in Kenya
In Kenya, artisanal and small-scale gold mining employs roughly 250,000 miners with women making up 40% of the total. Though…
16 November 2022
Palm oil’s future is sustainable; the discourse is stuck in the past
In the light of the recently published Palm Oil Barometer and as sustainable palm oil production continues to be a…
07 November 2022
Celebrating Rural Women Contributions in sub-Saharan Africa
This month we join the rest of the world to celebrate the thousands of rural women (farmers and workers) in…
18 October 2022
Farmer Cooperatives: Key to unlocking farmer potential?
In East and Central Africa, Solidaridad is working with more than 1,000 cooperatives to enable them to offer quality services…
11 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
16 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
Palm Oil Barometer 2022
The first global Palm Oil Barometer presents an in-depth review of the state of the palm oil industry today. The…
14 September 2022
Revitalizing Coffee Productivity in Uganda: One farmer at a time
Solidaridad has reached 9,000 coffee farmers in 7 districts with training aimed at promoting inclusivity, access to finance, climate-smart approaches…
23 August 2022
