Commodity: Soy
Rio+20 crowd to learn from practical sustainable development work for farmers and environment
The UN Summit on Sustainable Development brings tens of thousands of people together to discuss the future we want, but…
21 August 2014
First smallholders from India to be certified for Responsible Soy
With the Netherlands being the second highest importer of soybean in the world, mainly as animal feed, companies have taken…
CONO helps to improve agricultural practices in India
The first global certification of Roundtable on Responsible Soy (RTRS) was recently awarded to farmers in India. This comes after…
20 August 2014
Major breakthrough in producing responsible soy in China
Large soy farms in China will start working together with Solidaridad towards the first responsibly produced soy in China. It…
Round Tables: Working together towards sustainable supply chains
More and more companies work together with non-governmental organizations, like Solidaridad to improve the social and environmental supply chains of…
South America: New developments on training and certifying soy family farmers
Since 2009, Solidaridad South America has been working with more than 800 soy family farmers in South Brazil by supporting them…
Responsible soy reaches first million tons
In January 2013 the Round Table on Responsible Soy Association (RTRS) reported on its 2012 achievements. During the second year of…
Asia: Top soy producer China host RTRS conference, for the first time
On 28 and 29 May, China is hosting the Roundtable of Responsible Soy (RTRS) annual conference under the theme; “Building…
Brazil Farmers’ Union signs partnership to promote soybean certification
A Farmers’ Union that represents more than 1000 producers in the Western State of Bahia, in Brazil, signed a partnership…
South America: Uphill battle for responsible soy, as demand grows
Due to its high protein values and efficiency, soybean has become the number one source of protein for feeding cattle…
