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Meet Bibek
Bibek Sen is a small-scale farmer with a 1.6 acre tea garden he inherited from his father in Maynaguri taluka…
01 May 2023
Meet Panchito
Since he began farming, José Francisco Villada, better known as Panchito, has been committed to improving the quality of his…
12 April 2023
Meet Mary
Mary Wairimu Oloo, who lives in Kenya’s Trans Nzoia County, moved back to her family’s coffee farm after retiring from…
15 March 2023
Meet Carmen
Carmen Gómez of San Marcos, Guatemala, says the greatest achievement in her community, 31 de Julio, has been uniting women,…
20 February 2023
Rakia’s Story
The Yipielgu community in the Northern region of Ghana is in the heart of the region’s shea parkland where collection…
09 February 2023
Boosting Sustainable Shea with Radio in Ghana
Ramatu Muniru is a 41-year-old shea nut processor in northern Ghana. She relies on the production of shea nut butter…
21 December 2022
Celebrating Rural Women Contributions in sub-Saharan Africa
This month we join the rest of the world to celebrate the thousands of rural women (farmers and workers) in…
18 October 2022
Improving smallholder’s livelihoods through service delivery models
Visibly happy, Joana Atta owes her progress and transformation journey to an intervention by a Rural Service Centre established under…
22 September 2022
Meet Carmen: Guatemalan landscape heroine
Carmen Gómez from San Marcos, Guatemala, says the greatest achievement in her community, 31 de Julio, has been gathering women,…
20 September 2022
Rural service centres improving oil palm productivity in Ghana
Solidaridad partner Achmea Foundation supports rural service centres in Ghana to deliver effective farm management services that will improve productivity…
26 August 2022
