Commodity: Cocoa
West African cocoa at a crossroads: Low prices stimulate new strategies
In this blog, Executive Director Nico Roozen reflects on the current state of the cocoa sector in West Africa. How…
12 February 2019
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Solidaridad urges West Africa to accelerate investments in agriculture
The Executive Director of Solidaridad Network, Nico Roozen, has made a strong call on West African governments to accelerate investments…
05 February 2019
Smallholders crucial to preserving the Amazon rainforest
A Solidaridad project in Pará, Brazil, shows how smallholders can improve their incomes and avoid deforestation by integrating livestock and…
29 January 2019
Focus on landscapes takes sustainability to the next level
The Landscape Standard is an emerging tool that measures the environmental, social and economic impact of production on a landscape…
21 December 2018
Solidaridad urges COP24 to work with farmers to secure climate change improvements for all
Solidaridad has called on the UN Climate Summit in Katowice to support its efforts in developing countries to help farmers…
10 December 2018
The Solidaridad Show: Broadcasting Best Practices in Ghana
More than 10,000 people in both the western and Brong Ahafo regions of Ghana tune in regularly to a new…
22 November 2018
Bean-to-Bar Chocolate from Amazon Farmers Earns Praise at World Cocoa Event
Zezinho, one of 150 family farmers supported by Solidaridad in Novo Repartimento, Brazil, presented the first Bean-to-Bar Tuerê chocolate made…
15 November 2018
Solidaridad Enhances Youth Skill Development in Sierra Leone
In Sierra Leone, Solidaridad aims at increasing productivity, improving processing of oil palm, enhancing food security through food banks and…
08 November 2018
Solidaridad Receives Letter from Saint: “Be a Voice for Those Who Do Not Have a Voice”
Just weeks before his assassination, former Archbishop of San Salvador (El Salvador) Oscar Romero wrote Solidaridad a letter thanking the…
16 October 2018
Women in the Cocoa Sector in Ghana Poised for Action
Women in the cocoa sector now have a platform to promote issues of mutual interest. On World Cocoa Day, Solidaridad…
05 October 2018
