Region: South America
Speech: How to overcome three paradoxes for smallholder farmers
Solidaridad Executive Director Nico Roozen was invited to speak about global challenges for ensuring sustainable supply chains during a conference…
13 April 2017
Largest rural settlement in Brazil benefits from crop diversification
In order to get first-hand experience of the local reality and enormous challenges that smallholders face in the production of…
30 March 2017
Quality Cattle Helps Reduce Poverty
A challenging project in the Eastern Xingu region of the State of Mato Grosso (Brazil) managed to alleviate poverty in…
28 March 2017
Small Coffee Growers, Big Changes
Helping farmers to adopt climate-smart agricultural practices is one of the the main strategies for Solidaridad in support of sustainability. To…
22 March 2017
Blog: Sustainable development demands gender inclusivity
Solidaridad has established a gender task force to ensure that inclusivity remains an effective component of its global sustainability programmes.…
17 March 2017
Climate-smart agriculture combats deforestation by increasing coffee yields
Solidaridad is using climate-smart agriculture (CSA) to reduce deforestation in high-altitude regions and improve yields from existing plots by helping…
14 March 2017
Inclusive and more diverse
In order for small producers to remain competitive, finding profitable leads for income diversification is key. This can be achieved…
13 March 2017
Small Artisanal Miners
Solidaridad's work in Peru has demonstrated that it is feasible for small-scale mining to be certified and to produce responsibly,…
Sector integration
Private organizations understand that having sustainability credentials will enable them to remain in the market and, due to this acknowledgement,…
Climate-Smart Agriculture
One of the key challenges affecting the highlands coffee sector in the Pacific region is climate change. Solidaridad's climate-smart agriculture…
