Theme: Climate
Asómbrate: Promoting climate smart agriculture, harvesting carbon credits
Asómbrate, a programme led by Solidaridad, creates positive incentives for small-scale producers to adopt resilient coffee and cocoa cultivation practices,…
09 August 2024
Building Resilience – How Southern Africa is Preparing for El Niño’s Recurring Threats
As El Niño tightens its grip on the south of Africa, Solidaridad Southern Africa’s Managing Director Shungu Kayemba writes of…
08 August 2024
Collaborative effort supports sustainable solutions for Zambian livestock farmers
Zambian farmers in Itebe village rely heavily on livestock for their livelihoods, yet limited access to water combined with unsafe…
30 July 2024
Ghanaian farmers building resilience in the face of climate challenges
From seed selection to fighting pests, Ghana’s farmers are taking up climate-smart methods to boost yields and increase food security.…
18 July 2024
WORLD BANK APPROVES GRANT TO BOOST COMMUNITY ACCESS TO FUNDS EARNED FROM CARBON CREDITS
A first-of-its-kind project will deliver equitable access to funding for climate action in Ghana. The project, operating in close collaboration…
14 June 2024
Harvesting coffee and carbon: Planting trees pays in Nicaragua
Incorporating agroforestry practices into coffee and cocoa production systems has many benefits for smallholder farmers – improved crop yields, healthy…
13 June 2024
Solidaridad & the Bioversity Alliance – CIAT team up with Nicaraguan farmers to confront climate change
In Nicaragua, a new partnership is introducing climate-smart practices to 25,000 coffee and cocoa producers and connecting them to carbon…
07 June 2024
Finding the Carbon Balance in Yerba Mate Cultivation
New research from southern Brazil finds that shade-grown yerba mate cultivation results in a negative carbon balance, which is a…
30 May 2024
Biochar Revitalizes Cotton Farming in Zambia
Soil acidity and a lack of affordable fertilizers have led to decreasing cotton yields among smallholder farmers in Zambia. However…
09 May 2024
Harvesting Potatoes and Newfound Success in Mozambique
Expanding on its 2021/22 demonstration programme, Solidaridad has partnered with the Zambezi Valley Development Agency to initiate a potato productivity…
07 May 2024
