Region: West Africa
Sustainability Initiatives Will Fail Until Companies Pay More for Cocoa, says new report
Endemic sustainability issues within global cocoa supply chains, including child labour and deforestation will continue unless efforts are coupled with…
07 December 2022
RECLAIM Sustainability! 2021 Progress Report
The RECLAIM Sustainability! programme is a partnership working to strengthen civil society and foster inclusive sustainability in global value chains.…
01 December 2022
CULTIVATING RESILIENT COCOA THROUGH AGROFORESTRY
For generations, removing non-cocoa trees was standard practice when establishing cocoa farms in Côte d’Ivoire. Conventional wisdom saw trees, no…
25 November 2022
COP27: Some Achievements, Glaring Omissions & Priorities Going Forward
COP27 concluded with a stronger commitment to countries that have contributed the least to climate change, but fell short of…
23 November 2022
AQUACULTURE TRAINING BUILDS RESILIENCE OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN NIGERIA
In Nigeria, the demand for fresh fish outstrips the domestic supply. For young people seeking a vocation, aquaculture represents an…
21 November 2022
CASHEW FARMERS TO BENEFIT FROM NEW DEAL WITH EUROPEAN UNION IN SIERRA LEONE
Solidaridad West Africa has signed a 2.4 million Euro partnership agreement with the European Union in Sierra Leone to implement…
11 November 2022
Palm oil’s future is sustainable; the discourse is stuck in the past
In the light of the recently published Palm Oil Barometer and as sustainable palm oil production continues to be a…
07 November 2022
Strengthening Civil Society’s capacity in Sierra Leone
Civil society organizations, women representatives and farmers in the cocoa and oil palm sector in Sierra Leone are advocating and…
10 October 2022
Cocoa programme phase two formally ends
Solidaridad has formally ended the second phase of its flagship cocoa programme, the Cocoa Rehabilitation and Intensification Programme, with a…
04 October 2022
Improving smallholder’s livelihoods through service delivery models
Visibly happy, Joana Atta owes her progress and transformation journey to an intervention by a Rural Service Centre established under…
22 September 2022
