Commodity: Sugarcane
Blog: Can Southern African consumers save our farmers?
Solidaridad Managing Director for Southern Africa, Mandla Nkomo, examines the state of agriculture in his region and offers some possible…
04 July 2019
Solidaridad Annual Report 2018 signals growth throughout the network
Solidaridad exceeded its own targets by supporting more than half a million farmers, miners and workers in 2018. With improved…
25 June 2019
Highlights from UC Berkeley-Solidaridad workshop on agrifood supply chain innovation
In her blog post, workshop attendee and agrifood professional Krisila Benson shares her top takeaways from the recently held workshop…
23 April 2019
5 Ways to help small sugarcane farmers become more sustainable
Solidaridad and partner organization Orplana provided insights from their newest programme, Muda Cana, to support smallholders on their journey towards…
28 March 2019
World Water Day: Building an oasis in the Dry Chaco
Today, to mark International World Water Day, we reflect on two indigenous communities in the Central Chaco region in Paraguay.…
22 March 2019
Global partners set objectives at first Farmer2Market training in South Africa
The Farmer2Market programme hosted its first training workshop in February at the Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development’s (GDARD)…
19 March 2019
Sugar, Water and Women: India’s changing sugarcane industry
India's sugarcane industry relies on more than six million smallholder farmers to produce its sugar. Due to small farm size…
15 March 2019
Village farmers put food first during International Women’s Day
Some 3,000 rural women and their family members participated in a mega event organized by Solidaridad with support from various…
12 March 2019
The girl who fought back – Shumi's story
From a destructive marriage as a child and limited opportunities to become an entrepreneur, Shumi’s life has been no ordinary…
05 March 2019
Solidaridad launches ambitious deforestation-free strategy in South America
Solidaridad will work with 6,889 producers to avoid the deforestation of 144,000 hectares, implement sustainable production across 157,000 hectares and…
28 February 2019
