Rikolto (International)

In collaboration with the Women’s Initiative for Start-ups and Entrepreneurship (WISE) in Vietnam, Rikolto assembled more than 100 stakeholders from the food supply chain in Hanoi to exchange opportunities and challenges and address solutions towards building sustainable urban food systems. Discover more here!

Tenacity and resilience are words that describe Yamileth Torrez. At the age of 27, she is a survivor of Covid-19, the shocks of two hurricanes and losses to her income from cocoa production due to the effects of climate variability.

On Wednesday, June 16th, 40 young people from all over the world met to talk about The True Cost Of Food during the dialogue organised by FoodUnfolded and Rikolto. Aäron De Fruyt, a former colleague, participated and shared his impressions in this blog.

Lith Montés has been with Rikolto for 4 years as national coordinator of coffee projects in Peru. She often reminds us "I work so that young people have opportunities that I fortunately had".

Young people are full of compelling and promising ideas to change the recipe of our food systems. This is the reason why for this #AfricanCITYFOODmonth campaign, Rikolto has decided to put young changemakers in the spotlight.

Vietnamese people only consume between 66 and 77% of the recommended daily intake of fruits and vegetables. Read more about how Rikolto adresses this by working with vendors and consumers to identify innovations that aim at boosting the intake of fruits and vegetables.