IDH participa de debate sobre cooperação internacional e desenvolvimento rural sustentável em seminário da CNA
A Confederação da Agricultura e Pecuária do Brasil (CNA) promoveu no dia 12 de setembro o seminário Agro em Questão, em Brasília (DF). O tema desta edição foi cooperação internacional…
Programa Produção Sustentável de Bezerros inicia ações no Vale do Araguaia (MT)
Entre os dias 18 e 20 de setembro, a IDH – Iniciativa para o Comércio Sustentável participou de um Circuito, organizado pela Acrimat – Associação dos Criadores de Mato Grosso,…
Representantes dos setores público, privado e sociedade civil de Sorriso (MT) assinam carta de intenções para Pacto Regional
A IDH – Iniciativa para o Comércio Sustentável juntamente com representantes públicos, privados e da sociedade civil da cidade de Sorriso, no Mato Grosso, assinaram no dia 19 de setembro…
Podcast: Joost Oorthuizen – how to push positive impact to scale
The new episode of “Mallen Baker Podcast for Change Makers” features Joost Oorthuizen, the chief executive of IDH. In the interview Joost explains how he got to IDH, the…
IDH – Deputy Co-chair of the Partnership for Sustainable Agriculture in Vietnam
IDH is chosen by the government of Vietnam and the private sector as Deputy Co-chair (private sector) of the Partnership for Sustainable Agriculture in Vietnam (PSAV) established by the Ministry…
2000 field-level workers in India trained on gender sensitization
Gender discrimination is one of the biggest challenges of workplace equality in the Indian agriculture sector. Considering women’s contribution to the sector and their relatively limited participation in decision making,…
Podcast: A new sustainable market mechanism: Verified Sourcing Areas
A new regional model is needed to supply sustainable commodities in large quantities in a cost and time efficient manner. This new model is the Verified Sourcing…
Two years on, what can we learn about providing credit to smallholders?
Learning with market leader Barry Callebaut: providing inputs on credit to smallholder cocoa farmers in Côte d’Ivoire. In 2016, Barry Callebaut, leading supplier of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products,…
National Sustainability Curriculum for Pepper embraced by the Vietnamese government
Crucial steps to sustainably produce pepper in Vietnam achieved. Together with our partners within the Vietnamese taskforce on Pepper and Agrochemicals, a National Sustainability Curriculum for Pepper has been developed…
Responsible sourcing is ensuring that materials sourced by a company has been done in a sustainable and ethical manner – integrating social and environmental performance factors. Companies today are increasingly…
Investing in Inclusive Agribusiness for Sustainable Food Markets
IDH helps businesses understand the conditions that services can be efficiently and cost-effectively provided to smallholder farmers, with a sustainable return on investment. We help partners develop new, inclusive business…
Tea supply chain collaboration continues to show progress in Malawi
Through efforts of the Malawi Tea 2020 programme, wages of tea workers have increased. The net living wage gap closed with 25%. This means that tea workers on tea plantations…
Podcast: Why a gender approach is good for farmers, business and the sector as a whole
How is maternity leave on the farm level connected to a favorable position in the international market? In this month’s podcast we share learnings and best practices on applying a…