Region: Southern Africa
Enhancing landscape management practices through productivity
The lower Kafue sub-basin lies to the west of Mazabuka District in the eastern part of Zambia. According to recent…
17 June 2019
Women in mining shine at exhibit for The Golden Line
This year's OECD meeting on sustainable mineral supply chains hosted a special exhibition designed to raise awareness about challenges for…
30 May 2019
Jeroen Douglas appointed as new executive director of Solidaridad Network
As of May 2019, Solidaridad has a new Executive Director. Jeroen Douglas takes over from Nico Roozen, who has led…
23 May 2019
Cattle in Africa get graded with mobile monitoring
The new Cattle Grading App is an easy and effective way to help smallholders align their herd management practices with…
09 April 2019
5 Ways to help small sugarcane farmers become more sustainable
Solidaridad and partner organization Orplana provided insights from their newest programme, Muda Cana, to support smallholders on their journey towards…
28 March 2019
Solidaridad releases mid-term review
Solidaridad has released the findings of the mid-term review of its Advocacy for Change and Practice for Change programmes. Alongside…
19 March 2019
Global partners set objectives at first Farmer2Market training in South Africa
The Farmer2Market programme hosted its first training workshop in February at the Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development’s (GDARD)…
On the Road: Is the formal market crushing aspirations of rural farmers?
In this blog, Solidaridad's Managing Director for Southern Africa, Mandla Nkomo, takes a close look at the various types of…
28 February 2019
South African sugarcane survives severe droughts due to better water management
In recent years, South Africa has suffered through some of its worst droughts in history, but sugarcane producers working with…
07 February 2019
Blog: Soy sustainability requires more than mitigating risks at farm level
In this blog, Solidaridad’s International Programme Coordinator for soy, Alex Ehrenhaus, explores the technical challenges in effective land use monitoring…
22 January 2019
