Addressing inequality and reducing poverty – Closing the Living Wage Gap in Supply Chains
As sustainability efforts grow and evolve worldwide, so does the understanding that wages and working conditions are at the core of sustainable supply chains. Improving these conditions can mitigate the…
Dutch supermarkets have committed to work on living wage in the banana sector. The partnering retailers aim to reduce the gap between the currently paid wages and the living wage for their entire banana assortment by at least 75% within five years.
Mozambique Climate Resilience Program – Annual Report 2019
The impacts of climate change and extreme weather events (droughts, floods, and cyclones) can affect entire harvests for the average smallholder cotton farmer, thus their source of…
The Learning Launch Pad helps agribusinesses to solve specific technology challenges. In this first Learning Launch Pad IDH brought together 6 experts that helped SpiceUp re-invent their business…
Statement of Support: Realizing Better Food Security & Nutrition for Cocoa Farmers
On this World Food Day, 16 October, four cocoa companies (Cargill, Ecom, Olam, Touton) joined by IDH, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and CARE initiated the signing of…
Company Learning Brief – Cocoa and Nutrition – The Hershey Company
The Hershey nutrition intervention under the CNIP has reached out to a total of 630 farmers in cocoa growing communities throughout 2018 and 2019. The program specifically targeted females with 81%…
Company Learning Brief – Cocoa and Nutrition – Cargill
In Côte d’Ivoire, Cargill, CARE and IDH are working together to deepen the nutrition interventions in five communities that are part of the Promoting a Sustainable and Food Secure World…
Company Learning Brief – Cocoa and Nutrition – Touton
Touton’s nutrition intervention under the CNIP has reached out to a total of 700 farmers in cocoa growing communities throughout 2018 and 2019. The pilot program was a two-pronged intervention to…
Company Learning Brief – Cocoa and Nutrition – ECOM and Lindt
ECOM implemented the nutrition program as part of he Lindt & Sprüngli Farming Program, an existing program which trains farmers on cocoa agriculture and income diversification activities. This broader program…
Union Service Stores Company Limited (USSL) is a Tanzanian family-owned business founded in 1992. Headquartered in Moshi, Kilimanjaro region, USSL specializes in the production of animal feed, maize flour and…
Better Cotton Growth & Innovation Fund – Annual Report 2018-19
In the 2018-19 cotton season, the GIF worked with 1.3 million* cotton farmers in India, Pakistan, China, Mozambique, Turkey, and Tajikistan, who received training and…