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FARMER-LED TEA SEEDLING PRODUCTION
Written by Misozi Magaleta, Project Manager at Solidaridad (Southern Africa) In Malawi, what started as a pilot initiative has now grown into a scalable solution that is helping farmers tackle one of the tea sector’s biggest challenges which is limited access to quality planting materials. Smallholder tea farmers in Mulanje and Thyolo are transforming tea production through farmer-led seedling nurseries.…
19 October 2026
Judith Munini: Growing a Commercial Tree Nursery in Dry Makueni
Judith Munini spent over 30 years farming rain-fed crops in drought-prone Makueni County, Kenya, struggling with water scarcity, pests and unreliable income. With support from the Acting Now project, she adopted solar-powered drip irrigation, organic composting and dryland fruit farming. Today she runs a commercial tree nursery with over 20,000 seedlings and has trained more than 200 farmers.
16 October 2026
Cultivating Resilience: Solidaridad, EWS-KT and East-West Seed expand collaboration across Asia and Africa
Solidaridad has begun a new phase in our strategic partnership with East-West Seed and East-West Seed Knowledge Transfer Foundation (EWS-KT). Through the signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), our organizations will continue to collaborate on projects to foster sustainable and inclusive vegetable cultivation. We will explore opportunities for joint initiatives across several countries in Africa and Asia, with the objective to…
STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY ACTION AGAINST CHILD LABOUR IN GHANA’S SHEA SECTOR
Solidaridad and Vitara have set up four community-led Child Protection Committees in Ghana’s Northern and Upper West regions to identify, report and refer cases of child labour in the shea sector. Working alongside social welfare officers and traditional authorities, the committees are already shifting how parents view children’s education and farm work.
09 October 2026
