Region: Southern Africa
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…
28 April 2021
“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
Increase in soy production starts with increased knowledge
Solidaridad in partnership with Grow Africa/ IDH has set up a programme across Angonia and Gurue Districts in Mozambique, aimed…
15 March 2021
Advocacy for Change: Fostering civic space and strengthening civil society for inclusive and sustainable value chains
With our Advocacy for Change (AfC) programme, implemented in 2016-2020, Solidaridad has worked towards increasing civic space for farmers, miners…
10 March 2021
International Women’s Day 2021: Fostering women’s leadership through social inclusion and equal participation
The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on the imperative role and contribution of women to tackling a global crisis, but…
08 March 2021
Launch of RECLAIM SUSTAINABILITY! programme for inclusive and sustainable value chains
Solidaridad, Fairfood, TrustAfrica and Business Watch Indonesia (BWI) are excited to launch our new joint programme, RECLAIM Sustainability! This five-year…
16 February 2021
How investing in gender equality impacts communities: Josina’s Story
Josina Nikwaniya (36 years) began growing soy in 2018 as part of Solidaridad’s Southern Africa Towards Soy Bean Import Substitution…
08 January 2021
Reclaiming sustainability: Solidaridad’s strategy for the years ahead
We’ve titled this strategy ‘reclaiming sustainability.’ It emphasizes our commitment to transforming sustainability from eroded product labels to genuine value…
06 January 2021
Southern Africa 2020
While the final year of our second multi-annual strategic plan was unpredictable, it has highlighted our team’s resilience and the…
31 December 2020
