Region: Southern Africa
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
With the global population set to double in the coming decades, Southern Africa’s expansive arable land gives the region potential…
22 December 2020
Certification remains key to accessing formal markets
Feeding a continent There are 33 million smallholder farmers on the African continent; these smallholders account for the majority of…
21 December 2020
Sustainable landscape management through livestock farming
The programme is training 390 farmers on sustainable livestock management practices to ensure that the beef industry becomes more inclusive…
12 November 2020
Decentralizing food systems in rural communities
Farmers are provided with seedlings and trained in good practices and business skills Centralised food systems create exclusive food production…
30 October 2020
Preparing Africa’s Agriculture for the Future
Understanding the past decades At a continental level, the key drivers of this next chapter of African Agriculture will be…
29 September 2020
