Region: West Africa
Smallholder oil palm farmers improve their livelihood in Nigeria
Nigeria is the fifth-largest producer of palm oil globally with less than two per cent of total global market production.…
28 July 2020
Agricultural services for farmers — youth to the rescue
Under the Cocoa Rehabilitation and Intensification Programme, Osei Kwame is changing the game for cocoa farmers in the Brong Ahafo…
21 July 2020
Accessible technology for artisanal miners
Digital tools, in an accessible and appropriate format, have the potential to transform the artisanal and small-scale mining sector in…
07 July 2020
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Women take up business and leadership positions in Golden Line community in Tanzania
A group of women in the mining community Mgusu in Tanzania have joined forces and set up a business together…
02 July 2020
Bridging the gap: land tenure security and sustainable cocoa production
Stakeholders from Ghana’s cocoa sector came together to negotiate changes to land tenure practices that will support better cocoa farming…
16 June 2020
The 2019 Gender Learning Survey of the Next Generation Cocoa Youth programme (MASO) highlights how women are now actively pursuing…
10 June 2020
Build back better: sustainable, fair and resilient
Solidaridad has published a statement together with Fairtrade The Netherlands calling upon the Dutch government, companies, financial institutions, and civil…
03 June 2020
Bringing agricultural services closer to farmers in Sierra Leone
Cocoa is a critical crop in Sierra Leone and has the potential to generate significant livelihood opportunities for smallholder farmers,…
28 May 2020
A milestone year
Solidaridad reached 700,000 smallholder farmers in 2019 – more than ever before. It was also the year in which we…
25 May 2020
Deploying digital tools for agricultural extension support amid COVID-19
With the necessary safety considerations of COVID-19, support for smallholder farmers and workers is both more important, and more difficult,…
21 May 2020
