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  • 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 and Conseil du Café-Cacao launch Cocoaperation

    IDH - The Sustainable Trade Initiative and the Conseil du Café-Cacao started Cocoaperation. Through this new partnership they support the transition of cocoa farming towards a viable business activity for as many cocoa farming families in Côte d’Ivoire as possible,

    IDH and Conseil du Café-Cacao launch Cocoaperation
  • To beat rising hunger, Africa needs a sustainable food business

    This opinion piece was first published in Thomson Reuters Foundation News. Inefficient markets and limited access to finance and services often lead to waste and loss…

    To beat rising hunger, Africa needs a sustainable food business
  • How businesses can achieve living wages with surprising benefits

    This opinion piece was first published at the World Economic Forum: www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/07/how-businesses-can-start-implementing-the-living-wage-and-its-surprising-benefits/  Quick Summary Growing disparities in income and wealth are leaving people behind. This inequality…

    How businesses can achieve living wages with surprising benefits
  • More B Corps and more workers to benefit from a living wage

    B Lab, a leader in movement for economic system change, is aligning to the IDH Living Wage Roadmap.   B Lab has launched new guidance on implementing a…

    More B Corps and more workers to benefit from a living wage
  • Rapport Annuel Initiative Cacao et Forêts de Côte d’Ivoire 2021

    For the Annual Report on CFI Ghana in English, click here. Download publication Download publication…

    Rapport Annuel Initiative Cacao et Forêts de Côte d’Ivoire 2021
  • Cocoa & Forests Annual Reports 2021

    The governments of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana and 35 companies in the Cocoa & Forests Initiative (CFI) today reported progress made towards ending deforestation in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana…

    Cocoa & Forests Annual Reports 2021
  • Press Release: IDH Farmfit Fund partners with Oikocredit to provide a syndicated loan to Unispice

    The long-term investment will support the sustainable growth and expansion of Unispice, a family-owned Guatemalan producer of fresh gourmet vegetables. Utrecht — July 5th, 2022 — IDH Farmfit…

    Press Release: IDH Farmfit Fund partners with Oikocredit to provide a syndicated loan to Unispice
  • Promoting Gender Equality in Latin America: Fyffes empowers women fruit farmers through digital tool

      Daisy Gonzales Alfaro works at the Fyffes banana farm Finca Esmeralda in Costa Rica: “The gender equality program helped me a lot. It motivated me to study again and…

    Promoting Gender Equality in Latin America: Fyffes empowers women fruit farmers through digital tool
  • A Candid Conversation on Living Income

    We often under-estimate the power of in-person meetings to make things happen. After two years of pandemic precautions and virtual meetings, I had the opportunity for in-person engagement with stakeholders…

    A Candid Conversation on Living Income