Tagged with "Africa"

• Begin Your 2024 with the Latest in Smallholder Agriculture

  Kickstart your new year with the latest developments in smallholder agriculture through our Smallholder-Inclusive Business Newsletter. In our latest edition, we highlight a fun quiz to challenge and…

  Begin Your 2024 with the Latest in Smallholder Agriculture

• G4G SMEs embarked on a trade mission to premium off-takers.

  IDH G4G SMEs are largely located in the northern part of Ghana, which is the hub of grains production however, most of the off-takers’ processing centers are located in the…

  G4G SMEs embarked on a trade mission to premium off-takers.

• Optimising Avocado Export Logistics: Second Sea Freight Trial Shipment to the Netherlands

    H.E Joan Wiegman, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Rwanda, stood alongside Mr. Jean Marie Vianney Munyaneza, Head of Division Export…

  Optimising Avocado Export Logistics: Second Sea Freight Trial Shipment to the Netherlands

• Soaring fertiliser prices deepen Africa’s food crisis

  Increased costs are forcing farmers to reduce output and the world’s poorest continent is expected to be hardest hit   This article was published by the Financial…

  Soaring fertiliser prices deepen Africa’s food crisis

• IDH Deal Room Sessions, part of the Tenth Annual African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF)

  IDH hosted two sessions during AGRF Deal Rooms: Innovative Business Models for Increased Food, Trade, and Resilience in Africa and Opportunities and Strategies for Increased Local Sourcing in Africa.  Speakers…

  IDH Deal Room Sessions, part of the Tenth Annual African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF)

• Podcast: Building strong value chains in Africa

  IDH’s Grown Sustainably in Africa (GSA) program works with international brands to strengthen and develop their supply base on the African continent, while empowering SMEs in Africa to enhance their…

  Podcast: Building strong value chains in Africa

• Is this Black Soldier Fly the answer to food security in Africa?

  The insect larvae of the Black Soldier Fly can turn organic waste and manure into very high protein fish feed. The insects larvae production is cheap, thereby…

  Is this Black Soldier Fly the answer to food security in Africa?

• The vulnerabilities of local food systems following from the Covid-19 pandemics

  Our partner Wageningen University & Research has released a rich ’rapid appraisal’ of the vulnerabilities of local food systems following from the Covid-19 pandemics.  The analysis focuses on the effects…

  The vulnerabilities of local food systems following from the Covid-19 pandemics

• Nestlé partners with IDH’s Grown Sustainably in Africa program to boost local sourcing in Central and West Africa

  Nestlé has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative, as part of the Grown Sustainably in Africa (GSA) program. The three-year partnership aims to support 25,000…

  Nestlé partners with IDH’s Grown Sustainably in Africa program to boost local sourcing in Central and West Africa

• IDH Liberia: Strengthening land governance, improving livelihoods and protecting forests

  IDH brings together governments, companies, CSOs, local communities and financiers in action driven coalitions to tackle global issues such as deforestation linked to agriculture production, poverty and climate change. IDH’s landscape approach in Liberia is based on strengthening land governance and securing community land rights, improving food security and diversification of income in rural areas. Alongside this it also develops supply chains and investment opportunities that offer communities options to increase agricultural productivity while protecting forests. IDH is working in two landscapes: The South East and North West, with target communities in Lofa and Sinoe Counties. Key commodities we work on are palm oil, cocoa and rice.

  IDH Liberia: Strengthening land governance, improving livelihoods and protecting forests