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  • Improving smallholder livelihoods with service delivery models

    Giant networks will make businessmen of smallholder farmers, was the header in a recent Dutch magazine. Probably that’s overstating it, but there is some truth. We see a paradigm shift…

    Improving smallholder livelihoods with service delivery models

  • Journey towards sustainable cotton continues

    This month, IDH published the last report of the Better Cotton Fast Track Program (BCFTP). The progress on sustainable cotton doesn’t stop here though, as the BCFTP has merged into…

    Journey towards sustainable cotton continues

  • BCFTP Program Report 2010-2015

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    BCFTP Program Report 2010-2015

  • Agricultural Lenders Adopt Shared Principles

    9 members’ of The Council on Smallholder Agricultural Finance have applied shared social and environmental principles across their loan portfolios. This encompasses roughly $600 million to businesses providing services to…

    Agricultural Lenders Adopt Shared Principles

  • Developing a Sustainable Supply Chain Model for Unwashed Coffee in Ethiopia

    This project aims to create a blueprint for improving coffee yield, quality and sustainable practices in Jimma A, Sidama A and Lekempti which can be replicated across…

    Developing a Sustainable Supply Chain Model for Unwashed Coffee in Ethiopia

  • Provision of Financial and Non-Financial Services through Coffee Service Centers

    This project aims to increase access to service delivery for smallholder Ugandan coffee farmers by using dry mills as service centers for farmers. Service delivery to farmers takes…

    Provision of Financial and Non-Financial Services through Coffee Service Centers

  • Which companies procure the most Better Cotton?

    Which retailers and brands lead the Better Cotton league? The Top 10 (volume) Better Cotton sourcing businesses include many high-street favorites from around the world. In descending order of magnitude,…

    Which companies procure the most Better Cotton?

  • Kenyan Ministry of Environment supports IDH’s landscape program in South West Mau Forest

    IDH’s landscape program team in Kenya (ISLA Kenya), together with private sector partners and the Dutch ambassador, met with the ministry of Environment and Natural Resources in Nairobi on 23…

    Kenyan Ministry of Environment supports IDH’s landscape program in South West Mau Forest

  • Business Solutions for Landscapes

    February 9 the IDH Forum DRIVING BUSINESS SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES was held in Amsterdam. Designed as a catalyzer for innovative solutions, over 100 high level representatives from 11…

    Business Solutions for Landscapes

  • Tchibo Joint Forces!

      Small scale coffee farmers in Santa Barbara, Huehuetenango face yields approximately 50% lower than large scale plantations in other regions of Guatemala. This is largely due…

    Tchibo Joint Forces!

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