Rikolto (International)

Currently, we are over halfway through our five-year 2017-2021 programme funded by DGD, the Directorate General for Development of the Belgian Ministry for Foreign Affairs. In 2019, Rikolto engaged in the mid-term review of our programme across 13 countries. Access the mid-term review reports here.

Peru, Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecuador and the Dominican Republic are some of the countries that showcased cocoa best practices in response to the pandemic during the Online Cocoa & Chocolate Summit 2020. The event was organized by Conexión Chocolate and MOCCA (USDA, TechnoServe, LWR and Rikolto).

In October 2019, Ecuador was paralysed by public protests. In March 2020, as the first covid-19 cases started appearing, the country's food system was tested again. Food insecurity peaked. In a context of food insecurity, how do we re-imagine our food systems?

The super fair-trade chocolate 'Way to Go!' developed by Lidl Belgium, Rikolto, Fairtrade Belgium and Kuapa Kokoo, will be sold in 2,000 stores in Germany, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands as of this year.

"In every crisis lies opportunity" perfectly sums up the case of the organic and fair-trade cocoa industry in Honduras: Chocolats Halba has seen a 30% increase in demand for its product since the quarantine in Switzerland started.

Jorge Flores, coordinator of youth projects in Nicaragua, shares his personal experience on how you can empower other young people while working on your own empowerment.