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Bridging the Gap between Farmers, Market and Environment in West Kalimantan
In West Kalimantan, smallholder oil palm farmers have long been caught between low yields, limited knowledge and weak market access. A partnership between Solidaridad and Credit Union Keling Kumang is changing that—linking farmers to training, fairer markets and more sustainable ways of working. The result is a gradual but tangible shift in how farming is done, and who it benefits.
26 April 2026
Transparency and Inclusion: Digitising Malawi’s Cotton Sector
Solidaridad successfully led a digital transformation of Malawi’s cotton sector by introducing e-payments and the Cotton Transaction and Management Information System (COTMIS) in partnership with the Malawi Cotton Council. The initiative modernised cotton trading by replacing cash-based transactions with a secure, transparent and verifiable digital process.
24 April 2026
CLEANER YAMUNA, COOLER EARTH: TEXTILES UNITS REDUCING EMISSIONS, IMPROVING EFFICIENCY
Textile dyeing units in Panipat, India are reducing their environmental footprint and improving worker safety—with lessons that could extend across the Yamuna basin and beyond.
17 April 2026
The Key to Implementing EUDR Without Smallholder Exclusion
To comply with the new EUDR regulation, without excluding small-scale farmers from European markets, Solidaridad is developing a methodology, with support from the Postcode Lottery, to accurately distinguish agroforestry farmland from forests. A major challenge is that the current geospatial monitoring tools often misclassify sustainably managed agroforestry systems as deforested land.This creates false positives and makes it difficult for small-scale…
13 April 2026
