Region: West Africa
Supporting small businesses to access finance for COVID resilience
Solidaridad’s Cocoa Rehabilitation and Intensification Programme, funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ghana, has been…
02 September 2020
Boosting oil palm farming in Sierra Leone — teachers and army officers rise to the challenge
The Sustainable West Africa Palm Oil Programme (SWAPP) seeks to contribute to the transformation of the oil palm sector in…
01 September 2020
Mobilizing communities for development initiatives
The Cocoa Life project, implemented by Solidaridad and funded by Mondelez International, seeks to transform and empower cocoa-producing communities to…
19 August 2020
Farmers in Liberia record a boom in oil palm yields after training
Smallholder farmers implementing best management practices in oil palm fields in Liberia are recording 50 percent increases in yield following…
07 August 2020
Restoring forest landscapes through ecotourism in Ghana
The Ghana Dedicated Grant Mechanism is issuing grants to help communities undertake sustainable small-scale initiatives that contribute to landscape restoration,…
04 August 2020
Smallholder oil palm farmers improve their livelihood in Nigeria
Nigeria is the fifth-largest producer of palm oil globally with less than two per cent of total global market production.…
28 July 2020
Agricultural services for farmers — youth to the rescue
Under the Cocoa Rehabilitation and Intensification Programme, Osei Kwame is changing the game for cocoa farmers in the Brong Ahafo…
21 July 2020
Accessible technology for artisanal miners
Digital tools, in an accessible and appropriate format, have the potential to transform the artisanal and small-scale mining sector in…
07 July 2020
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Women take up business and leadership positions in Golden Line community in Tanzania
A group of women in the mining community Mgusu in Tanzania have joined forces and set up a business together…
02 July 2020
Bridging the gap: land tenure security and sustainable cocoa production
Stakeholders from Ghana’s cocoa sector came together to negotiate changes to land tenure practices that will support better cocoa farming…
16 June 2020
