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  • 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
  • Giving banana workers a decent standard of living

    IDH is working towards living wages in the banana sector, supporting specific interventions in Ghana and Ecuador and in Costa Rica and Belize. Employment in the export sector promises a…

    Giving banana workers a decent standard of living
  • Dutch consumer organization acknowledges Sustainability Initiative of Fruits and Vegetables

    The Dutch consumer organization, Consumentenbond, published its report today about the sustainability of fruit and vegetables in supermarkets in the Netherlands. According to the Consumentenbond, supermarkets are…

    Dutch consumer organization acknowledges Sustainability Initiative of Fruits and Vegetables
  • Food products sector boosts sustainability in production chain

    The parties in the Dutch food products sector are joining forces to ensure responsible business conduct in the international production chain. Today, they signed the International Responsible Business Conduct (IRBC)…

    Food products sector boosts sustainability in production chain
  • The launch of the BOHESI Training Manual in Ecuador

    The BOHESI training manual was officially launched by the Ecuadorian Minister of Labor, Raul Clemente Ledesma Huerta, the Ecuadorian Minister of Agriculture, Rubén Flores, together with representatives from the World…

    The launch of the BOHESI Training Manual in Ecuador
  • Living wage: discussions with banana producers in Costa Rica

    With draft figures from the living wage benchmark study in Costa Rica now available, the IDH banana project has moved to the next step: calculating the current wages associated with…

    Living wage: discussions with banana producers in Costa Rica
  • Creating value from farm to fork: from Guatemala to Sweden

    Over the past two years, IDH, Nature’s Pride and ICA Sweden have collaborated to pilot an innovative model to include smallholder farmers in the Nature’s Pride – ICA vegetable value…

    Creating value from farm to fork: from Guatemala to Sweden
  • Superunie calls the Sustainable Juice Covenant logical next step

    The buying cooperative that represents 13 independent retail organizations in the Netherlands joined the global initiative to make the sourcing of fruit juices sustainable. Cindy Verhoeven manager sustainable sourcing at…

    Superunie calls the Sustainable Juice Covenant logical next step
  • 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
  • Juice covenant getting more robust with new members

    SVZ and Firmenich join forces with the Sustainable Juice Covenant. Since the launch of the Sustainable Juice Covenant in March this year, more partners have teamed up to increase the…

    Juice covenant getting more robust with new members