Rikolto (International)

Youth is a driving force that could lead the agricultural transformation in Ghana’s cocoa farming communities and contribute to the reduction of unemployment in Tanzania. Our #YouthinAg ambassadors Yvonne and Hilda hosted a café session during the #ANDE Annual Conference sharing their insights of working with young farmers and entrepreneurs buzzing with fresh and innovative ideas. Time has come for young people to sit in the driver’s seat.

Central Java, Indonesia. By implementing demonstration plots, we encourage farmers to take ownership of new sustainable agricultural techniques. By training farmers to become trainers, we empower them to pass their knowledge down to others. And by -promoting the adoption of the SRP standard at government level, we aim to upscale our impact.

Already signed by close to 100 local authorities, the Glasgow Food & Climate Declaration is a commitment to tackle the climate emergency through integrated food policies. Rikolto is proud to have been a strong supporter of the Declaration from the beginning. During the #COP26, Rikolto will participate in the global "Fork to Farm" dialogue bringing together over 100 farmers and representatives of cities to encourage a mutual understanding of their challenges. We will also host a session with RUAF during the Recipes for Resilience event on how cities are leveraging their food policies in practice to tackle the climate crisis.

On 21 September 2021, the Vinh Phuc Provincial Department of Plantation and Plant Protection held a conference to announce the publication of the Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) for safe vegetable application guidelines.

When Madeleine Delma, a 25-year-old agronomy student from Ouagadougou, spotted the Generation Food: Call for Young Entrepreneurs in Agribusiness online, she did not hesitate to apply. “I have always been fascinated by food processing.” She wanted to create a tomato sauce.

In a context of economic instability and climate change, improving agricultural competitiveness is the responsibility of more than 2,439,162 rural young people in Peru. In the last 4 years, Rikolto, in collaboration with partners, has generated a cycle of annual forums with 182 young producer leaders participating. Read the reflections of our colleague Lith Montes, coordinator of projects with young people in the coffee sector.

Our rice experts, John Ereng and Djalou Franco, took part in the AGRF 2021 conference to give their insights into Rikolto’s experience with introducing the SRP standard in East Africa, specifically referring to evidence from a project in Iringa, Tanzania (2019-2021). Watch the video!