The IDH Innovation Launch Pad helps agribusinesses to solve specific technology challenges. Six experts helped SpiceUp with their challenge on data commercialization during a six day design sprint and contributed…
The cocoa nutrition initiative designs and validates effective business models to improve nutrition of cocoa farming families in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. The focus of this nutrition program is to…
On June 14, 2019 cocoa stakeholders met to discuss actions to halt cocoa-related deforestation and ensure existing efforts are mutually reinforcing. The meeting was convened by IDH, Rainforest Alliance and…
We make SDGs work for business and business work for SDGs
2018 was an inspiring year for IDH and partners. Challenges in sustainable production and trade are still immense, but together with our partners we are making big steps towards reaching…
Sorriso, a municipality in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso and the world’s largest grain producer, made crucial first steps towards sustainable agricultural production by formally agreeing to adhere to…
Investing in smallholder coffee farmers through innovative finance
Neumann Kaffee Gruppe, the world’s largest green coffee trader by volume, is rethinking their smallholder sourcing strategy with the knowledge they’ve gained and de-risking funds received from IDH Farmfit. They…
In Tanzania, IDH and partners are providing trainings in agronomy and access to finance for women in coffee farming households. This short film provides an example of women that are…
In India, as part of a broader gender sensitization activity across IDH programs, 2,000 field facilitators have been trained on gender awareness in their work. Through their trainings, the field…
In Kenya and Ethiopia, the tea and flowers programs work towards safer and more gender-equal workplaces. Hear from our partners why they find it important to work towards a gender-balanced…
Farmfit – Investing in inclusive agribusiness (long)
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 models that can be…
The greatest challenges with livestock included feeding, issues arising from the death toll of livestock, pests attacking the livestock, declining milk output from the cows feeding in the forest, and…
Farmfit – Investing in Inclusive Agribusiness (short)
Farmfit is a game changing private-public initiative set to break the cycle of rural agricultural poverty. By providing data, insights and de-risking finance to banks and businesses, Farmfit enables investment…