IDH – the Sustainable Trade Initiative established Sustainable Spices Initiative- India (SSI-I) under its Global Sustainable Spice Initiative Program. Under the SSI-I in 2016 as a multi stakeholder platform to drive sustainable and responsible sourcing in the Indian spices industry along with improving livelihoods of small and marginal farmers.
Since its inception, SSI-I initiatives have covered more than 80,000 farmers and approximately 100,000 Ha across seven major spices-growing states of India.
To bring out learnings from the program design and implementation, IDH commissioned Ecociate Consultants to conduct a program assessment and release a learning study. Download the report here to know about the impact created by the program .