Rikolto (International)

In 1964, one of the most important hydroelectric projects in Central America was launched in Nicaragua, which would completely change the landscape of a city when a successful 54 km² reservoir was built for energy purposes. This is the first part of the story of Lake Apanás, the country's first artificial lake, now in danger of extinction, and an approach to its conservation.

In a mutually beneficial deal between onion farmers from the Pangani riverbank and East Africa Fruits, farmers are growing quality, healthy onions for the markets in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Bad infrastructure and roads, a continuous threat of armed conflict, and high and arbitrary taxes make it difficult to get the coffee across the border and obtain a fair price for it. Wannes Slosse, a Belgian PhD-student at the University of Ghent, is examining Rikolto-supported coffee cooperatives in the highlands of the Eastern provinces of the DR of Congo.

What happens when you bring together a group of students from different courses under the guidance of experienced coaches to tackle a social problem? You get great ideas. And one of those ideas is about to hit the shelves: Délicé, a granola made from the surplus from processing cranberries.

Jessica is a cocoa producer, mother and community leader. She has been promoting generational change in the farmers' organisation Fortaleza del Valle for a few years now, as well as the improvement of cocoa plantations. How does Jessica see the future of the organisation with more women leaders like her? Read her vision in this story.

Mambasa, DR Congo has an enormously rich biodiversity. But poaching and massive deforestation for agriculture threaten the region. The young farmers of Cacao Okapi opt for a radically different approach. You can taste that approach in a Belgian-Congolese gourmet chocolate from Veliche: Okapi 65.