Theme: Healthy Food Systems
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
Unlocking opportunities for young farmers
Lerato Botha is a young farmer with big ambitions. Coupling her lifelong experience and education in farming with the Farmer2Market…
14 April 2020
Building a sustainable dairy sector in Kenya
High production costs and inefficiencies along the value chain are just some of the challenges facing dairy farmers in Kenya.…
02 April 2020
Innovative farming approaches improve livelihoods in Sierra Leone
Solidaridad in Sierra Leone joined the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,…
17 February 2020
Kenyan youth growing profitable seedlings business
The 30 members of a youth group in central Kenya are running a successful vegetable nursery. They supply over 5,000…
11 December 2019
More market linkages for South African smallholders
Getting their produce to buyers remains a huge challenge for smallholders. Selling more quality fruit and vegetables would not only…
06 December 2019
Reviving organic cotton in Maharashtra, India
Stimulating organic growing techniques in Maharashtra State, India, was the focus at the second Cotton Trailblazers event. Maharashtra was an…
05 December 2019
Revitalizing Zambia citrus production
Thomas Zimba is a retired agriculture extension officer for the Zambian Ministry of Agriculture. These days he runs the small…
21 November 2019
Balancing traditions and export crops: Aníbal’s story
Indigenous communities in Paraguay's Dry Chaco region often struggle to make ends meet because of the extreme weather conditions. We…
06 November 2019
Fruitful gains in Kenya’s horticultural sector
The HortIMPACT programme trains providers of farm input services in Kenya in safe practices and links them to smallholder farmers.…
28 October 2019
