Commodity: Sugarcane
Solidaridad and other CSOs and NGOs urge the EU to ensure a smallholder-inclusive regulation on deforestation-free products
The European Commission’s proposed EU Regulation on deforestation-free products is a welcome step towards tackling global deforestation, and forest degradation,…
21 March 2022
Bayer, Solidaridad and Grupo Pantaleon sign collaboration agreement
Bayer, Solidaridad and Grupo Pantaleon seek to bring sustainability standards to the sugarcane industry in Mexico.
27 October 2021
Business acumen improves sugarcane smallholder farmers’ productivity
Sugarcane is an important crop in Southern Africa, creating many jobs for growers and related services. However, inefficiencies create barriers…
28 April 2021
Leveraging tech to drive transformation in the sugarcane supply chain
Through the PanameriCaƱa multi-stakeholder platform, Solidaridad uses experience exchanges, international conferences and other methods to engage key leaders, sugar mill…
Arvind Kumar: Reaping the Harvest of Sustainability
Arvind Kumar, a sugarcane farmer in Uttar Pradesh, India, achieved record sugarcane yield by adopting sustainable practices and farm mechanization.
12 March 2021
Sugar
For sugarcane to be produced sustainably, its growers and cutters must work in safe conditions and receive a fair income.…
12 December 2020
Health and safety for Sugarcane workers
Health promoter in charge of training producers in good occupational practices and ensuring that workers are adequately hydrated Webinar focuses…
11 November 2020
Sustainable practices in sugarcane for smallholders
Through PanameriCaƱa, Solidaridad has created a smallholder training programme in Mexico that empowers producers, technicians and workers with the knowledge…
21 September 2020
Agriculture can help to fight climate change, preserve biodiversity and foster the sustainable use of natural resources.
17 September 2020
The sugarcane industry is one of the biggest employment providers, but the majority of sugar farmers are smallholders and the…
10 April 2020