Region: Southern Africa

Women at the forefront of ensuring food security in the face of the climate crisis

CocoaCoffeeDairySoyAsiaCentral AmericaEast & Central AfricaEuropeNorth AmericaSouth AmericaSouthern AfricaClimateFood SystemsGender & YouthGood Agricultural Practices

Dairy farmer Casilda and her husband arrived in Campo Aceval in Paraguay some eight years ago, where they took over…

08 March 2022

Soil tests improve farmer productivity

Southern AfricaDigitalSupportive Business Ecosystems

Soil testing is a crucial part of maintaining healthy soils and thriving farms, but is often out of reach for…

24 February 2022

Mozambique on the right path towards food safety

Fruit & VegetablesSouthern AfricaEnabling PoliciesFood Systems

Following a study that showed high levels of pesticide residue on produce sold around Mozambique, Solidaridad has collaborated with the…

18 January 2022

Southern Africa 2021

In 2021 we continued with our holistic approach that supports smallholder farmers through every step of the value chain. With…

31 December 2021

Nambola awarded for technical excellence in a development setting

LivestockSouthern AfricaClimateGood Agricultural Practices

The NAMBOLA Livestock Project has been recently announced as the winner of the “2021 Award for Technical Excellence in a…

13 December 2021

Advocacy for Change Final Report 2016-2020

CocoaCoffeeCotton & TextilesGoldPalm OilAsiaCentral AmericaEast & Central AfricaEuropeSouth AmericaSouthern AfricaWest AfricaClimateEnabling PoliciesGender & YouthGood Agricultural Practices

With the Advocacy for Change (AfC) programme, implemented in 2016-2020 in strategic partnership with the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs,…

02 December 2021

Fostering inclusive red meat value chains for women and youth

LivestockSouthern AfricaClimateGender & YouthSupportive Business Ecosystems

Solidaridad and partners, ILRI and the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, have the great pleasure of announcing the launch of…

25 October 2021

Improved livelihoods among livestock farming women and youth in Itebe, Zambia

LivestockSouthern AfricaGender & YouthGood Agricultural Practices

Solidaridad and Grassroots Trust partnered to empower women livestock farmers with skills diversification through the Nambola project. With a focus…

29 September 2021

Navigating towards a new food system

Southern AfricaFood Systems

In the current food system Africa fails to provide adequate food availability, food access, food quality, food utilization, and stability…

21 September 2021

High-value horticultural markets to improve smallholder livelihoods

Fruit & VegetablesSouthern AfricaGood Agricultural Practices

The “Smallholder Access to High-Value Horticultural Markets” project, funded by the European Union under the Switch Africa Green facility, helped…

26 August 2021