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  • 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,…

    2000 field-level workers in India trained on gender sensitization

  • 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,…

    Two years on, what can we learn about providing credit to smallholders?

  • 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…

    National Sustainability Curriculum for Pepper embraced by the Vietnamese government

  • The Farm and Coop Investment Program

    The Farm and Coop Investment program (FCIP) aims to improve the professionalization of cooperatives and farmer, and improve their access to finance and markets, increasing their investment in farm…

    The Farm and Coop Investment Program

  • Catalyzing Change – India: Secure Responsible Sourcing

    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…

    Catalyzing Change – India: Secure Responsible Sourcing

  • 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…

    Investing in Inclusive Agribusiness for Sustainable Food Markets

  • 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…

    Tea supply chain collaboration continues to show progress in Malawi

  • 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…

    Podcast: Why a gender approach is good for farmers, business and the sector as a whole

  • Why paying a living wage is good for both workers and business

    To get insight into why paying a living wage is good for both workers and business, we outline, in a new series of cases, the ins and…

    Why paying a living wage is good for both workers and business

  • Developing Rwandan horticulture by linking local producers to global market

    With the HortInvest project, IDH joined a consortium of multiple organizations and private sector companies to further develop the horticulture sector in Rwanda. As the demand for high value crops…

    Developing Rwandan horticulture by linking local producers to global market

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