Region: West Africa
Africa 2030: food and employment seminar
Africa’s population is expected to grow to more than 2.4 billion by 2050, with an increasing number of people living…
23 November 2020
Empowering farmers to improve their productivity
Oil palm farmers like Joseph Owusu Ansah are empowered through training to increase their yield and enhance their livelihoods At…
18 November 2020
NORC report on child labour in West Africa: more accurate figures, but no farmers business case
This article originally appeared on LinkedIn. Estimates of the number of children in child labour were overestimated In previous years…
Efficient mills introduced in Liberia to boost palm oil extraction
The highly efficient mills is to help increase the oil extraction rate of palm oil in Liberia The mills are…
13 November 2020
Hope for smallholder farmers amid a pandemic
Farmers were provided with food crop seedlings to plant alongside oil palm and cocoa With the spread of the virus…
03 November 2020
Supporting the private sector to contribute to oil palm development in Ghana
Solidaridad is committed to building capacities for the development of oil palm in Ghana In recent years, the oil palm…
27 October 2020
Women involved in Golden Line share programme achievements at closing event
Golden Line programme partners in Tanzania have recently held a closing event at which they have celebrated the achievements of…
26 October 2020
Mobilizing the youth to support aging farmers
Youth, like Joseph Haye are empowered to provide farm management services to farmers through the Commercial Farm Management Service Programme With…
23 October 2020
Improving women’s right to land in traditional communities in Nigeria
Alice Agwu regained control of her late husband's land, where she now cultivates oil palm In Nigeria, almost 80 percent…
14 October 2020
Jointly calling on gold industry to include ASM in their supply chains
Urgent need to source from ASM mines In this joint statement, we emphasize that the best opportunity for the gold…
07 October 2020