Region: West Africa
Call for Proposals to Establish Cocoa Rural Service Centers in Ghana
Ghana, Cocoa Rehabilitation and Intensification Programme (CORIP) opens up the second call for proposals to establish Cocoa Rural Service Centres…
08 December 2014
Addressing Forced Labor – A Practitioner's Toolkit
Solidaridad and The Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) released a toolkit to help people and organizations address forced labour in…
11 November 2014
Young farmers rejuvenate age-old cocoa growing practices
Ahwiaakrom, in Sefwi Wiaso district in Ghana, is famous for two things: its wood carvings dating back over 400 years…
02 October 2014
Hope for palm oil livelihood and yield improvements in West Africa
Solidaridad's Sustainable West Africa Palm oil Programme (SWAPP) hosted a workshop last week to share its Best Management Practices on…
25 September 2014
Better Cotton Initiative benefits sector
The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) aims to promote measurable improvements of cotton cultivation to make it more economically, environmentally, and…
21 August 2014
Training cocoa farmers for UTZ certification
In November 2009, the first UTZ CERTIFIED cocoa in the world was delivered in the harbour of Amsterdam. The cocoa…
Solidaridad introduces Fairtrade Fairmined gold
Artisanal and small-scale miners work under the most severe and unsafe labour conditions. Their production is limited and the price…
Solidaridad Network Annual Report 2010: Insufficient supply of sustainable produced goods
"Now that sustainability has become a mainstream ambition in the corporate sector, the task is to ensure a sufficient supply…
"Partnership for Cocoa Sustainability" – a National Cocoa Stakeholders Conference in Ghana
The WEST AFRICA FAIR FRUIT (WAFF/Solidaridad) in partnership with farmers and other stakeholders are organizing a National Cocoa Stakeholders Conference…
Child labour in the artisanal gold mines of Mali – A report by NBC reporter Richard Engel
On Monday, December 5, NBC news network aired a report featuring a visit of one of its reporters, Richard Engel,…
