Region: Asia

Blog: Disrupting our thinking on palm oil

During a recent trip to Asia, Solidaridad’s honorary president Nico Roozen was struck by a meeting with a farmer whose…

08 October 2019

South-South cooperation to make small palm oil producers more sustainable

María Goretti Esquivel, Manager of Solidaridad’s palm oil programme in Colombia, went to Medan, Indonesia to share experiences and exchange…

03 October 2019

Curbing malnutrition and transforming farmer livelihoods in Madya Pradesh

This September, Solidaridad helped launch Good Farming - Good Food, a Public Private Partnership (PPP) to support 50,000 farmers in…

27 September 2019

Improving water efficiency and sugarcane farmers’ livelihoods in India

Solidaridad’s water efficient sugarcane production programme has been working with farmers in India’s Karnataka and Telangana regions since 2016. The…

09 September 2019

Solidaridad and partners launch pilot project for fair wage management systems in China

Solidaridad and QuizRR have joined hands with H&M, Esprit and KappAhl, with funding from the ASN Bank, to work towards…

19 August 2019

Practice makes perfect: Doubling sugarcane production in India

Indian sugar processor DSCL, a unit of DCM Shriram Ltd., has been working with Solidaridad since 2008 to improve the…

25 July 2019

Affirmative gender actions and inclusivity

Dynamics of Due Diligence: How to get it "right"?

Competing interests and lack of cooperation between governments and companies can easily harm local communities, despite the best intentions of…

09 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

Nico Roozen receives honorary doctorate degree from Indonesian university ULM

Solidaridad’s honorary president, Nico Roozen has been awarded an honorary doctorate degree as a pioneer in the international fair trade…

18 June 2019