Commodity: Cocoa

Bridging the gap: land tenure security and sustainable cocoa production

Stakeholders from Ghana’s cocoa sector came together to negotiate changes to land tenure practices that will support better cocoa farming…

16 June 2020

Gender Integration in Youth Focused Programmes

Bringing agricultural services closer to farmers in Sierra Leone

Cocoa is a critical crop in Sierra Leone and has the potential to generate significant livelihood opportunities for smallholder farmers,…

28 May 2020

Savings and loan schemes empower women in cocoa-producing communities

Over 6,000 women in cocoa-growing communities in Côte d’Ivoire have been empowered to improve their living conditions and that of…

28 April 2020

Enhancing farmer entrepreneurship in cocoa

Should sustainability policies focus on providing farmers a living income or improving conditions in cocoa farming? Can we improve farmer…

17 March 2020

Promoting gender equality one woman at a time

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2020, we highlight the stories of two women in Ghana. Grace Obenewaa is prospering as…

04 March 2020

Farmers call for urgent action to restore Africa’s degraded landscapes

Smallholder farmers in Ghana are adding their voices to the call for urgent action in restoring Africa’s degraded landscapes. Most…

28 February 2020

From the street to the farm – how agriculture is improving the lives of amputees

For eleven years, a civil war ravaged Sierra Leone, leaving trails of destruction, pain and untold economic hardship. It is…

20 February 2020

Innovative farming approaches improve livelihoods in Sierra Leone

Solidaridad in Sierra Leone joined the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,…

17 February 2020

World Bank praises Ghana climate change intervention

Communities in Ghana are making progress combating deforestation with the support of a Dedicated Grant Mechanism Project. So says the…

24 January 2020