Rikolto (International)

In its climate plan, the city of Antwerp states the ambition to make the local food system more sustainable. To achieve this, the city has started to develop a food strategy, encompassing the whole food chain. The process will identify strategic priorities to build a more inclusive, innovative and circular urban food system.

Twenty thousand producers in the region will benefit from the Multistakeholder Coffee Platform in Cajamarca, an initiative that currently brings together public and private actors in the value chain in the region. Since 2020, Rikolto together with the Coffee Technical Commission in Cajamarca and the Northern Technical Network promote this space that contributes to the National Coffee Action Plan and strengthens the national leadership of the region. Our colleague Lith Montés tells us more about this trip.

In Pedro Moncayo, a town located 60 kilometres north of Quito, the capital of Ecuador, Rikolto identified a group of farmers willing to modernise their business to increase their incomes, not only respecting the limits of nature but also honouring them.

Leuven recently launched the EcoFoodMap: an interactive tool that maps the food system in and around Leuven. The tool provides the necessary information about all initiatives, actors, experts and indicators in the Leuven food system.

For businesses all around the world, the push to be carbon-neutral continues to be a huge priority. The coffee sector is no exception. Climate change threatens the amount of land suitable for coffee farming around the world, making production more difficult and more expensive.

UNERIZ's mission is to defend and safeguard the interests of women rice parboilers in Burkina Faso. The organisation supports its members in accessing paddy and credit. The umbrella organization of women parboilers' cooperatives strengthens the technical and management capacities of its members; it facilitates their access to storage equipment and infrastructure and supports them in marketing parboiled rice.