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Practice makes perfect: Doubling sugarcane production in India
08 August 2019
Indian sugar processor DSCL, a unit of DCM Shriram Ltd., has been working with Solidaridad since 2008 to improve the sustainability of sugarcane production. To date, Solidaridad has organized training in good agricultural practices for 160,000 smallholder farmers and extension staff. Together, these producers work across 300,000 hectares of sugarcane fields.News
Solidaridad shares expertise at Sustainable Beef Vision Summit in São Paulo
05 August 2019
Recognizing the urgency of implementing practices that make the livestock market more sustainable, back in 2012 Solidaridad co-founded the Global Roundtable of Sustainable Beef (GRSB).News
Joint learning encourages sustainable coffee sector growth
01 August 2019
Last week Solidaridad, in partnership with Hivos, brought together a group of key stakeholders in East Africa’s coffee industry during the sixth annual joint learning platform.News
Sugarcane farmers association takes action for sustainable growth
31 July 2019
With Solidaridad’s support, the Sugarcane Growers Association of Malawi has been able to raise the necessary funds to form a secretariat to take the needs of its members forward. Five years after its formation, the association now successfully represents its members’ voices at a policy level.News
Blog: A day in the life of MASO Cocoa Academy students in Ghana
30 July 2019
Solidaridad’s MASO Cocoa Academy is a training programme for young Ghanaian women and men to become skilled, business-savvy cocoa farmers. In this blog, our colleague Lauren Konopacz shares her experience from joining the current MASO students on their typical study day at the Cocoa Academy.News
Honduran palm oil sector commits to zero deforestation
25 July 2019
On 10 July government agencies, private and social companies, Solidaridad, and civil society organizations (CSOs) signed a zero-deforestation agreement with the palm oil sector, and are already working on a plan for its implementation.News
Solidaridad wins the Energy Globe award for sustainable agriculture in Paraguay
23 July 2019
Solidaridad received the national Energy Globe Award for its UniSol project in which it contributed to sustainability in agriculture among 2,658 producers in Paraguay. The Energy Globe Award is one of the world’s most prestigious environmental awards.News
It’s not rocket science: step by step guide to develop a sustainable materials strategy
18 July 2019
Isabelle Roger, Solidaridad’s International Programme Coordinator for cotton, facilitated a panel discussion - titled ‘Why a sustainable materials strategy matters?’ - at the Global Cotton Sustainability Conference in Shanghai, which took place between 11 and 13 June. The panel consisted of sustainability experts from international fashion brands.News
Landmark stakeholder meeting step forward for sustainable cocoa production in Ghana
12 July 2019
Solidaridad West Africa recently facilitated a groundbreaking roundtable, bringing together the land committee of the Sefwi Wiawso Traditional Council, Ghana, and tenant cocoa farmers. They met to build consensus over provisions in a proposed lease agreement that has generated controversy between the two parties over the past decades.News
Zero-deforestation agreement marks milestone for Colombia’s beef and dairy sectors
11 July 2019
The Minister of Environment of Colombia, Solidaridad, and a coalition of private sector and civil society partners, recently signed a milestone agreement to reduce deforestation related to the beef and dairy supply chains in Colombia by 2030. An updated priority is to define the working plan for its implementation.