Commodity: Cocoa

NORC report on child labour in West Africa: more accurate figures, but no farmers business case

This article originally appeared on LinkedIn. Estimates of the number of children in child labour were overestimated In previous years…

18 November 2020

Hope for smallholder farmers amid a pandemic

Farmers were provided with food crop seedlings to plant alongside oil palm and cocoa With the spread of the virus…

03 November 2020

Good farming, good energy

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

Cocoa and chocolate women network of Honduras empowered to grow

Solidaridad was selected along with seven other organizations for The Power to Grow Innovation Challenge, which formed new strategic alliances…

03 September 2020

Supporting small businesses to access finance for COVID resilience

Solidaridad’s Cocoa Rehabilitation and Intensification Programme, funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ghana, has been…

02 September 2020

Mobilizing communities for development initiatives

The Cocoa Life project, implemented by Solidaridad and funded by Mondelez International, seeks to transform and empower cocoa-producing communities to…

19 August 2020

Agricultural services for farmers — youth to the rescue

Under the Cocoa Rehabilitation and Intensification Programme, Osei Kwame is changing the game for cocoa farmers in the Brong Ahafo…

21 July 2020

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