Region: Southern Africa

Southern Africa 2022

In 2022, Solidaridad in Southern Africa trained 18,959 smallholder farmers in good practices and 90,000 farmers implemented good practices as…

31 December 2022

Global Annual Report 2022

Sustainability Initiatives Will Fail Until Companies Pay More for Cocoa, says new report

Endemic sustainability issues within global cocoa supply chains, including child labour and deforestation will continue unless efforts are coupled with…

07 December 2022

RECLAIM Sustainability! 2021 Progress Report

The RECLAIM Sustainability! programme is a partnership working to strengthen civil society and foster inclusive sustainability in global value chains.…

01 December 2022

COP27: Some Achievements, Glaring Omissions & Priorities Going Forward

COP27 concluded with a stronger commitment to countries that have contributed the least to climate change, but fell short of…

23 November 2022

Gender sensitization creates safer workplace for women in Malawi’s tea sector

Rural women working in the tea sector in Malawi form a large part of the labor force that enables this…

14 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

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

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