Commodity: Fruit & Vegetables
Fruit & vegetables
The fruit and vegetables sector is one of the biggest and diverse economic sectors in the world and occupies more…
12 December 2020
Unlocking opportunities for young farmers
Lerato Botha is a young farmer with big ambitions. Coupling her lifelong experience and education in farming with the Farmer2Market…
14 April 2020
Rebuilding lives after cyclone Idai
Cyclone Idai devastated the Southern Hemisphere in 2019. The storm left tens of thousands displaced or worse, and destroyed the…
03 March 2020
HOW AGRICULTURE HELPS ADDRESS POACHING AND DEFORESTATION
Poaching and deforestation threaten Zambia’s main national park. Find out how a farming project addresses the underlying issues, helping families…
10 February 2020
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
More market linkages for South African smallholders
Getting their produce to buyers remains a huge challenge for smallholders. Selling more quality fruit and vegetables would not only…
06 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
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
Blog: Breaking down gender barriers to improve food security in Ghana
In our latest blog post Nafisatu Yussif, Solidaridad West Africa's programme officer for gender, shares the success story of the…
27 August 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
