Rikolto (International)

To meet the high demand for quality rice, rice mills followed a two-year programme to develop professional and reliable businesses. The "Qualiriz: Selling quality rice for a better income" project in the Centre-East region of Burkina Faso aims to supply local markets with quality rice while strengthening the processing and technical capacity of the rice husking units.

Jimson runs the Kaizari farm, which is located at the foot of Mount Kijenge on the outskirts of Arusha. He is the third generation to continue this family business and he currently has a small herd of six dairy cows and three calves. On his farm he produces high quality local dairy products.

On 21 December 2021, Rikolto Vietnam received the Certificate of Merit from the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) for its significant contributions to Vietnam's sustainable development in 2021.

In 2021, Rikolto, Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) committed themselves to boost Kampala's urban farming future. On 12 November 2021, we closed our project in beauty. Explore the report here.

Worldwide, farmers are increasingly confronted with global challenges. A good business model is crucial in order to keep a business thriving. How do you create a sustainable and successful business model? Find out in our free online course developed in collaboration with ILVO, Rikolto, Fachhochschule Südwestfalen, Odisee and the KU Leuven Division of Bioeconomics.

We eat more meat than what would be good for us and for the planet. Unfortunately, changing our behaviour is not always easy. How can supermarkets play a role? Which techniques can they adopt to work their magic and make us eat less meat? And how do these techniques work?

On 10 November 2021, the project "Positioning Shade-Grown Cocoa to Improve Conservation and Rural Livelihoods" was launched to protect a critical piece of the world’s second-largest rainforest from deforestation due to cocoa agriculture.