Commodity: Sugarcane
The challenge of retraining and offering better job options to ex-cane cutters in Brazil
Given the growing environmental concerns and technological innovations, Brazilian Sugar Cane Industry is undergoing a rapid process of mechanization. Manual…
21 August 2014
Towards a more sustainable sugar cane production in Bolivia
Child labor in sugarcane harvest is illegal in Bolivia. It is classified by the Ministry of Labor in Bolivia as…
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…
India: New step towards more sustainable sugar
Solidaridad and businesses in India are making progress in producing more sugar that has been certified by the Bonsucro standard,…
20 August 2014
“In the future all sugarcane ethanol will be Bonsucro certified”
The first Bonsucro Certified product entered the port of Rotterdam last week. It is the first shipment of a certified…
Enhancing sugarcane sustainability in South America
In a joint effort to enhance sustainability initiatives and foster synergies between Solidaridad sugarcane partners in South America, project managers…
Raízen presents first results of Farmer Support and Loyalty Tool
A new specially designed software program helps farmers improve their business. It generates an individual recommendation report for improving practices…
Bonsucro Conference 2012: Rapidly growing number of participants
More and more stakeholders in the sugarcane sector are getting involved in Bonsucro. Around 150 delegates from over more than…
Investing in irrigation for more efficient sugarcane production in Tanzania
Due to changing rainfall patterns the production level of sugarcane is declining in the Tanzanian region Kilombero. Together with the…
Malawi project succeeds to improve yields for sugarcane farmers
Solidaridad will be completing three years of work with smallholder sugarcane farmers in Malawi, together with its Implementing Partner, Concern…