Rikolto (International)

Besides trying to keep up with fast-paced population growth, cities in Africa have been facing several other crises, such as pandemics, climate change and war. Amidst these challenges are also opportunities on the road to recovery of local food systems.This is the reason why for this #AfricanCITYFOODmonth campaign, Rikolto has decided to put innovation and multi-stakeholder collaborations as game-changers to strengthen resilience within cities’ food systems.

One of the approaches that Rikolto promotes in our sustainable production strategy is the practice of regenerative agriculture. In this article, we share insights from Pasar Rakyat Bali, our Food Smart Cities partner that has been putting regenerative farming into action.

On the way to COP26, sixteen Farm to Fork local dialogues were organised in Wales, Scotland, Philippines, Peru, Nigeria, Tanzania, Mexico, Kenya, Ecuador, South Africa, and Belgium to help build trust between farmers and local policymakers. Rikolto facilitated the dialogues in Ecuador and in Belgium. Discover the materials harvested during these dialogues!

SMEs usually make up over 90% of businesses in the agri-food sector, create half the sector’s economic value, provide more than half its jobs, and handle more than half the food consumed. In Burkina Faso, Hado, a food entrepreneur with 40 years of experience running informal businesses joined an entrepreneurship programme funded by Enabel to professionalise her business idea. Learn about the beginning of her story in this article.

FAO and Rikolto are joining forces to set up two networks to increase policymakers’ awareness and capacity on urban food systems governance and to improve urban food markets so they can contribute to more sustainable food systems. Read more bout these 2 initiatives in this article.

Rikolto joined forces with Colruyt Group, Entreprise Cooperative de Saint Paul (ECSP), Puratos, Access Agriculture, Agro Insight and Fairtrade Belgium to move towards a living income for cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast. One year after the start of the project, we take a look at the first results.