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 PanameriCaña 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 PanameriCaña, Solidaridad has created a smallholder training programme in Mexico that empowers producers, technicians and workers with the knowledge…

21 September 2020

Good farming, good energy

A DECADE OF SUSTAINABLE SUGARCANE INITIATIVES