Region: Southern Africa
Increasing digital adoption amongst smallholders through Whatsapp
The WADI Virtual Assistant serves as a nexus between farmer and extension officer. The virtual assistant enables the two to…
24 July 2021
Enhancing Farmers’ Agency in Biodiversity Protection
Development practitioners are often left wondering why farmers continue practices that they know are potentially detrimental to livelihoods and the…
11 June 2021
Solidaridad, Fairfood, TrustAfrica and Business Watch Indonesia (BWI) are working together in our joint programme: RECLAIM Sustainability! This five-year programme…
18 May 2021
Resilience and Persistence Shine Through in Solidaridad 2020 Annual Report
When the Covid-19 pandemic ground the world to a halt in the first quarter of 2020, Solidaridad rode the wave,…
12 May 2021
Landscape Approach Lessons Learnt: Solidaridad learning agenda on landscape innovation
Climate change, biodiversity loss, food security and natural resource management are the pressing issues of our time, at global scale…
04 May 2021
The journey towards good agricultural practices in high-value markets
Smallholder farmers are currently unable to participate in formal supply chains, as they do not comply with the lowest production…
28 April 2021
Sustainable livestock management improves livelihoods and landscapes in Zambia
Degraded landscapes and low livestock productivity have plagued the livestock sector in Zambia. The Nambola Livestock project is helping farmers…
Business acumen improves sugarcane smallholder farmers’ productivity
Sugarcane is an important crop in Southern Africa, creating many jobs for growers and related services. However, inefficiencies create barriers…
“Hail the farmer”
Mandla Nkomo and Nqobizitha Ndlovu examine the urgent and innovative actions that are required to address climate change and the…
21 April 2021
Gender and Economics
Solidaridad's Precious Greehy and Mandla Nkomo reflect on the history and future of women's economic participation in Southern Africa, and…
29 March 2021
