Commodity: Fruit & Vegetables
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
Blog: Can Southern African consumers save our farmers?
Solidaridad Managing Director for Southern Africa, Mandla Nkomo, examines the state of agriculture in his region and offers some possible…
04 July 2019
Solidaridad Annual Report 2018 signals growth throughout the network
Solidaridad exceeded its own targets by supporting more than half a million farmers, miners and workers in 2018. With improved…
25 June 2019
Enhancing landscape management practices through productivity
The lower Kafue sub-basin lies to the west of Mazabuka District in the eastern part of Zambia. According to recent…
17 June 2019
World Water Day: Building an oasis in the Dry Chaco
Today, to mark International World Water Day, we reflect on two indigenous communities in the Central Chaco region in Paraguay.…
22 March 2019
