Commodity: Palm Oil
Boosting oil palm farming in Sierra Leone — teachers and army officers rise to the challenge
The Sustainable West Africa Palm Oil Programme (SWAPP) seeks to contribute to the transformation of the oil palm sector in…
01 September 2020
Farmers in Liberia record a boom in oil palm yields after training
Smallholder farmers implementing best management practices in oil palm fields in Liberia are recording 50 percent increases in yield following…
07 August 2020
Smallholder oil palm farmers improve their livelihood in Nigeria
Nigeria is the fifth-largest producer of palm oil globally with less than two per cent of total global market production.…
28 July 2020
Curriculum to unlock opportunities for youth in oil palm
Solidaridad has partnered with Ghana Skills Development Initiative, through the Sustainable West Africa Oil Palm Programme, to develop a curriculum…
07 May 2020
Dutch Advertising Code Committee bans margarine’s anti-palm oil message
The Dutch Advertising Code Committee (Reclame Code Commissie) has sent margarine brand The Flower Farm back to the drawing board.…
19 November 2019
Blog: Disrupting our thinking on palm oil
During a recent trip to Asia, Solidaridad’s honorary president Nico Roozen was struck by a meeting with a farmer whose…
08 October 2019
South-South cooperation to make small palm oil producers more sustainable
María Goretti Esquivel, Manager of Solidaridad’s palm oil programme in Colombia, went to Medan, Indonesia to share experiences and exchange…
03 October 2019
Deforestation-free palm oil production on the horizon for Peru
Peru is on the way to achieving a national deforestation-free agreement for palm oil as key stakeholders express a unified…
18 September 2019
Agribusinesses get ready for investment opportunities in Ghana
Attracting new private investment to support small and growing agricultural businesses plays an important role in improving the livelihoods of…
03 September 2019
Burning in the Amazon has to stop
A sharp increase in the number of forest fires has been recorded in the Brazilian Amazon this year. The fires,…
02 September 2019
