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Going for good gold

Solidaridad launched a five-year programme in 2016, together with Simavi and Healthy Entrepreneurs, entitled Going for Gold (GfG). The programme…

13 March 2017

Producing sustainable oranges

Solidaridad and FrieslandCampina Riedel launched a programme in Brazil to promote sustainability throughout the orange sector in 2014. Besides field activities,…

Supporting women in cocoa

While women play a big role in the production of cocoa and the consumption of chocolate, they have little influence…

Growing climate-smart coffee

Solidaridad started a large-scale programme on climate-smart coffee production in Latin America in 2013. The programme, supported by Norad, includes…

Learning livestock management

While a growing middle class in the Southern African region has led to a steady growth in the demand for…

Supporting good agriculture

Much like other regions of the world, smallholder soy producers in Southern Africa often suffer from low productivity. Solidaridad's soy…

Accessing the market

The horticulture programme aims to contribute to the upskilling and commercialisation of smallholder producers in the sector in Southern Africa.…

Improving land and water use

Southern Africa produces 75% of the continent’s sugarcane harvested by large and small-scale producers. The sugarcane programme in Southern Africa…

Producing sustainable cotton

In Mozambique, Solidaridad has successfully worked with one of the largest cotton producing companies, João Ferreira dos Santos (JFS), since…

Sustainable communities

The Solidaridad gold programme seeks to improve the livelihoods of artisanal and small-scale miners and communities around them. In order…