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Kenyan youth growing profitable seedlings business
The 30 members of a youth group in central Kenya are running a successful vegetable nursery. They supply over 5,000…
11 December 2019
Revitalizing Zambia citrus production
Thomas Zimba is a retired agriculture extension officer for the Zambian Ministry of Agriculture. These days he runs the small…
21 November 2019
Balancing traditions and export crops: Aníbal’s story
Indigenous communities in Paraguay's Dry Chaco region often struggle to make ends meet because of the extreme weather conditions. We…
06 November 2019
Fruitful gains in Kenya’s horticultural sector
The HortIMPACT programme trains providers of farm input services in Kenya in safe practices and links them to smallholder farmers.…
28 October 2019
How Solidaridad’s Impact Investment Task Force struck first deal
Oikocredit of the Netherlands has announced a 3.15 million dollar impact investment in the award-winning Kayonza Growers Tea Factory in…
17 October 2019
Women’s society in rural Sri Lanka creates impact through improved access to water
In Solidaridad’s current project “Reaching the Unreached” in the Matale District in Sri Lanka, we work together with the local…
14 October 2019
‘Green’ leaves in your tea
Arnoldo Holzmeister recently gained Rainforest Alliance certification along with 112 other smallholders who grow tea in north-eastern Argentina. Read Arnoldo’s…
10 October 2019
Linking women farmers to high-value markets in South Africa
Nomxolisi Mathe is one of 105 female farmers taking part in Solidaridad’s Farmer2Market project in South Africa. As a horticulture…
22 August 2019
Advocating for more leadership positions occupied by women in their communities
Many roles in family businesses are still assigned on the basis of gender in South America: it is believed that…
13 August 2019
Enhancing landscape management practices through productivity
The lower Kafue sub-basin lies to the west of Mazabuka District in the eastern part of Zambia. According to recent…
17 June 2019
