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Access to markets and good agricultural practices: a fresh model with cucumber in Vietnam
14/03/2022 in News
A story about cucumber cultivation has to be fresh! So try it out for yourself by discovering how diversifying with cucumber production and guaranteeing a stable market for two farmers’ organisations, An Hoa and Minh, is contributing to increasing the income of farmers especially for ethnic groups in Vietnam. At the same time, it supports access to safe vegetables for the population.
Rikolto joins forces in Europe to bring good food to schools
10/03/2022 in News
Rikolto is one of the leading organisations working on a brand-new European project on healthy and sustainable food at school: SchoolFood4Change. The project was officially launched on March 10th, International School Meals Day.
New strategy for sustainable cocoa adopted by Dominican Republic and Central America
25/02/2022 in News
Central America and the Dominican Republic have a new strategy for the cocoa sector to increase youth participation and to tackle climate change. Find out more about the determination of 8 countries to collaborate to achieve sustainable cocoa production.
Young entrepreneurs use their newly acquired skills to position their brands
21/02/2022 in News
Ten months after the launch of the Generation Food project in Ouagadougou, young entrepreneurs are working to make their brands well-known agri-food companies. Benewinde Rodrigue Anicet Ouigba, 32, is one of these young people.
Belgian farmers become carbon farmers
17/02/2022 in News
The German retailer chain Lidl starts a consortium with Boerenbond, Boerennatuur Vlaanderen, Bodemkundige Dienst van België and Rikolto to help Belgian farmers make the shift to 'carbon farming'.
New platform turns surplus vegetables into soup for Antwerp schools in Belgium
15/02/2022 in News
EIT Food, Sense, Rikolto, Special Fruit, Growzer and Groothandel Claessens launched a pilot project for soup at school. Two schools can now enjoy tasty soup twice a week.
Óbolo and Pangoa: chocolate with purpose for an inclusive business
03/02/2022 in News
Pangoa, a Peruvian farmers’ organisation, is known to produce fine native cocoa of the highest quality. Óbolo Chocolate, in Chile, makes internationally award-winning chocolate from bean to bar, using only organic cocoa from Pangoa. Together they make a winning duo, recognised in international markets.
To tackle deforestation, we collectively need to raise the bar
01/02/2022 in News
Of the 12 million hectares of trees lost in 2020 in the tropics, 4.2 million hectares were primary forests. Forest loss increased by 12% compared to 2019, marking another regrettable step towards increased climate instability and biodiversity decline.
Building trust in the sesame value chain in Burkina Faso
25/01/2022 in News
December is harvest time in central-eastern Burkina Faso. The sesame and soya fields cultivated between June and October are full of people harvesting. This landscape provides the right setting for sesame farmers' organisations and exporting companies to cultivate sustainable and inclusive trade agreements. Read how we did it in a two-day business-to-business (B2B) meeting in Koupéla.
Increased market opportunities for rice mills in Burkina Faso
11/01/2022 in News
To meet the high demand for quality rice, rice mills followed a two-year programme to develop professional and reliable businesses. The "Qualiriz: Selling quality rice for a better income" project in the Centre-East region of Burkina Faso aims to supply local markets with quality rice while strengthening the processing and technical capacity of the rice husking units.

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