Region: West Africa

West Africa 2014

Call for Proposals to Establish Cocoa Rural Service Centers in Ghana

Ghana, Cocoa Rehabilitation and Intensification Programme (CORIP) opens up the second call for proposals to establish Cocoa Rural Service Centres…

08 December 2014

Addressing Forced Labor – A Practitioner's Toolkit

Solidaridad and The Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) released a toolkit to help people and organizations address forced labour in…

11 November 2014

Young farmers rejuvenate age-old cocoa growing practices

Ahwiaakrom, in Sefwi Wiaso district in Ghana, is famous for two things: its wood carvings dating back over 400 years…

02 October 2014

Hope for palm oil livelihood and yield improvements in West Africa

Solidaridad's Sustainable West Africa Palm oil Programme (SWAPP) hosted a workshop last week to share its Best Management Practices on…

25 September 2014

Better Cotton Initiative benefits sector

The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) aims to promote measurable improvements of cotton cultivation to make it more economically, environmentally, and…

21 August 2014

Training cocoa farmers for UTZ certification

In November 2009, the first UTZ CERTIFIED cocoa in the world was delivered in the harbour of Amsterdam. The cocoa…

Solidaridad introduces Fairtrade Fairmined gold

Artisanal and small-scale miners work under the most severe and unsafe labour conditions. Their production is limited and the price…

Solidaridad Network Annual Report 2010: Insufficient supply of sustainable produced goods

"Now that sustainability has become a mainstream ambition in the corporate sector, the task is to ensure a sufficient supply…

"Partnership for Cocoa Sustainability" – a National Cocoa Stakeholders Conference in Ghana

The WEST AFRICA FAIR FRUIT (WAFF/Solidaridad) in partnership with farmers and other stakeholders are organizing a National Cocoa Stakeholders Conference…