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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
Heirs and stewards of the Colombian coffee tradition
The town of Mistrató rises between coffee-growing mountains. Hundreds of coffee growers have passed through its roads on the back…
02 October 2020
Coffee producer prosperity and success for smallholders in Mexico
René Hernández is a model for other coffee smallholder producers in Mexico. Here, he shows his coffee plantation, which he…
30 September 2020
Breaking barriers for women in mining
Francisca Yeboah in her corner store, which she was able to establish with funds from the VSLA Artisanal and small-scale…
24 September 2020
Promoting financial inclusion for women in cocoa-producing communities
Solidaridad’s Village Savings and Loan Association scheme, introduced in cocoa-producing communities, is charting the course for financial independence for women.
08 September 2020