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• Sustainable trade in a post conflict era

  Times that ministers from emerging economies came to visit Europe to ask for money are long gone. This week, the Colombian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Juan Guillermo Zuluaga…

  Sustainable trade in a post conflict era

• Unique farmer stories portrayed in latest report on the sustainable spices sector in India

  IDH published its latest report on the Sustainable Spices Initiative India (SSI-I). The report gives a good overview of the Indian spices sector and multiple projects that are currently taking…

  Unique farmer stories portrayed in latest report on the sustainable spices sector in India

• Cocoa & Forests Initiative

  The cocoa and chocolate industry, along with the governments of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana have committed to work together, through the Cocoa & Forests Initiative, to end deforestation and…

  Cocoa & Forests Initiative

• Podcast: Forest protection through sustainable livelihoods in Indonesia

  In Padang Tikar village, West Kalimantan province, Indonesia, a ‘village forest’ scheme is helping communities protect their forest and increase their income by engaging in sustainable livelihoods. In this podcast,…

  Podcast: Forest protection through sustainable livelihoods in Indonesia

• IDH Production, Protection and Inclusion approach (PPI)

  The IDH landscape program uses an innovative, integrated approach to mitigate deforestation, while improving smallholder and community livelihoods and ensuring supply security for businesses. Through a three-pronged approach –…

  IDH Production, Protection and Inclusion approach (PPI)

• Podcast: Gender – it is there when working with smallholder farmers and workers

  Gender compared to our other impact themes is a difficult topic to address, as it is a topic close to culture. We have rightfully agreed globally that there should be…

  Podcast: Gender – it is there when working with smallholder farmers and workers

• SSI-I trains 20,000 farmers in India to produce 30,000 MT of sustainable spices in 2017-18

  Expanding its engagement at the field level, Sustainable Spices Initiative – India (SSI-I) reached 20,000 spice farmers across India to train them on sustainable agricultural practices in 2017-18, producing 30,000…

  SSI-I trains 20,000 farmers in India to produce 30,000 MT of sustainable spices in 2017-18

• Estratégia PCI lança plataforma de monitoramento online

  Este mês, a Estratégia PCI – Produzir, Conservar e Incluir lançou oficialmente sua plataforma de monitoramento online. O espaço digital tem o objetivo de identificar os avanços em direção às…

  Estratégia PCI lança plataforma de monitoramento online

• Parceiros da IDH avançam na implementação dos pactos do Vale do Juruena/MT e de Paragominas/PA

  A Natcap Soluções Sustentáveis, parceira da IDH – Iniciativa para o Comércio Sustentável, está evoluindo com o pacto do Vale do Juruena, no Mato Grosso, e o Imazon (Instituto do Homem…

  Parceiros da IDH avançam na implementação dos pactos do Vale do Juruena/MT e de Paragominas/PA

• IDH reúne equipe global em Utrecht, na Holanda

  Entre os dias 05 e 13 de março, a IDH – Iniciativa para o Comércio Sustentável reuniu sua equipe global em Utrecht, na Holanda, para discutir a internacionalização da entidade…

  IDH reúne equipe global em Utrecht, na Holanda

• IDH participa do TFA 2020 e do encontro WEF

  Em março, a IDH – Iniciativa para o Comércio Sustentável marcou presença em dois grandes eventos sobre abordagem territorial: o TFA 2020 Latin America Implementation Dialogue e o New Vision…

  IDH participa do TFA 2020 e do encontro WEF

• Access to finance and gender equality for coffee farmers in Tanzania

  IDH has partnered with DAE ltd to facilitate producer organizations’ access to services and training. DAE ltd provides and distributes inputs on credit, traceability, training and creates market linkages to…

  Access to finance and gender equality for coffee farmers in Tanzania

• Protecting the environment from hazardous chemicals

  The Race to the Top program of IDH in Vietnam (apparel) is working with the Vietnamese Government, through the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment, to contextualize the Zero…

  Protecting the environment from hazardous chemicals

• Shrimp producers unite to lead the way towards zero antibiotics in aquaculture

  A group of leading producers in the seafood industry have made the commitment to produce healthy shrimp, farmed in a responsible way by launching the Sustainable Shrimp Partnership (SSP). The…

  Shrimp producers unite to lead the way towards zero antibiotics in aquaculture