Government of the State Mato Grosso and farmers step up actions towards raising awareness and preventing forest fires
Mato Grosso is currently undergoing the dry season, when the incidence of slash-and-burn and wildfires increases and puts both the public and private sectors on alert. To tackle these challenges,…
Partnership between &Greeen Fund and FS to develop deforestation-free corn chain in Mato Grosso
The &Green Fund (Stichting andgreen.fund) and the company FS Bionergia have recently announced a partnership to establish a deforestation-free corn and biomass supply chain in the state of Mato…
How is IDH working toward transforming the Palm Oil market? This podcast is a conversation between Neha Simlai, Senior Program Manager IDH, and Sneha Maheshwari, Program Officer, Palm Oil both…
IDH and Conseil du Café-Cacao launch Cocoaperation
IDH - The Sustainable Trade Initiative and the Conseil du Café-Cacao started Cocoaperation. Through this new partnership they support the transition of cocoa farming towards a viable business activity for as many cocoa farming families in Côte d’Ivoire as possible,
IDH en Conseil du Café-Cacao lanceren Cocoaperation
Nieuw partnership wil inkomens van 100.000 Ivoriaanse cacaoboeren verhogen Utrecht, 28 juli 2022 – Het Nederlandse IDH is samen met het Ivoriaanse Conseil du Café-Cacao Cocoaperation gestart. In deze nieuwe samenwerking…
To beat rising hunger, Africa needs a sustainable food business
This opinion piece was first published in Thomson Reuters Foundation News. Inefficient markets and limited access to finance and services often lead to waste and loss…
How businesses can achieve living wages with surprising benefits
This opinion piece was first published at the World Economic Forum: www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/07/how-businesses-can-start-implementing-the-living-wage-and-its-surprising-benefits/ Quick Summary Growing disparities in income and wealth are leaving people behind. This inequality…
European and UK retailers step closer to alignment on living wages in banana supply chains
At a gathering about living wages in the banana sector, retailers made a first step towards alignment by agreeing on one common timeline for collecting and remotely checking wage data…
Press Release: IDH Farmfit Fund partners with Oikocredit to provide a syndicated loan to Unispice
The long-term investment will support the sustainable growth and expansion of Unispice, a family-owned Guatemalan producer of fresh gourmet vegetables. Utrecht — July 5th, 2022 — IDH Farmfit…