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Certification remains key to accessing formal markets
Feeding a continent There are 33 million smallholder farmers on the African continent; these smallholders account for the majority of…
21 December 2020
Promoting a safe working environment for miners
Miners are now encouraged to use personal protective equipment In Ghana, the sector is deluged with unsafe working conditions, including…
09 December 2020
Empowering farmers to improve their productivity
Oil palm farmers like Joseph Owusu Ansah are empowered through training to increase their yield and enhance their livelihoods At…
18 November 2020
Hope for smallholder farmers amid a pandemic
Farmers were provided with food crop seedlings to plant alongside oil palm and cocoa With the spread of the virus…
03 November 2020
Mobilizing the youth to support aging farmers
Youth, like Joseph Haye are empowered to provide farm management services to farmers through the Commercial Farm Management Service Programme With…
23 October 2020
A Women Farmers’ Group Driving Adoption of Agriculture, Economic Empowerment & Environmental Sustainability
Reaching a height of 2,968 metres, Mount Merapi is Indonesia’s most active volcano and undisputedly one of the most dangerous.…
22 October 2020
Championing Gender Parity Within Mining Communities In Uganda
Come, Let us Work Together: A section of the beneficiaries during one of the gender inclusivity training and sensitization sessions…
17 October 2020
WALC empowers women to lead landscape transformation
Women in Agroecology Leadership for Conservation (WALC) creates opportunities for Q'eqchi Maya women to become involved in cloud forest conservation.…
15 October 2020
What is NI-SCOPS?
What is NI-SCOPS?National Initiatives for Sustainable and Climate-Smart Oil Palm Smallholders (NI-SCOPS) have been developed in Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, and…
Improving women’s right to land in traditional communities in Nigeria
Alice Agwu regained control of her late husband's land, where she now cultivates oil palm In Nigeria, almost 80 percent…
14 October 2020
