News & Insights

How are cities maintaining access to safe and nutritious food for vulnerable populations in times of Covid-19? Join our webinar on the 15th of May, co-organised by FAO, UNEP, ICLEI, RUAF and Rikolto.

The COVID-19 pandemic, besides a global health crisis, is also a challenge for food and nutrition security. One thing is clear: People should not have to choose between their health or their food. Beans are both very much loved and highly nutritious - how can they be a viable solution for food security?

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought our daily lives and economies to a halt. Our colleagues and Rikolto’s partners will also need to realign their daily work. Yet this should also be a time of reflection. And for Rikoltians, this means reflecting upon what this crisis means for our current food systems and what conclusions we can draw that will help shape them in the future. 

Food Heroes all over the world take care of the food on our plate, also Rikolto's colleagues all over the world continue to work on the food of tomorrow. Let's meet their stories here.

More than a third of children in Indonesia suffer from malnutrition, often due to an unbalanced diet. School meals are a simple and effective tool to provide all children with healthy and high-quality food.

Together with 4 partners, Rikolto in Belgium is launching a new soup, with an amazing story: Robin Food. The soup is made from surplus vegetables for which the farmers have difficulties finding a market due to the corona crisis.

This year, RIkolto together with his partners in AMEA, organized workshops in Peru and Honduras where to share the improvements on ISO/IWA 29 and the settlement of local webs in these countries which allow to avance further toward an international standard. Get to know how we boosted, together with AMEA, a market ecosystem at the service of professional agricultural organizations.

Benin's government desires to curb Asian rice imports, ensuring food self-sufficiency in Benin. How is it possible to increase rice production without negatively affecting the environment in a context of climate change?

What can we learn from farmers in Kenya? An exchange visit showed that innovative tools are creating incentives for smallholder farmers to adopt good agricultural techniques and increase productivity.

Despite their many internal differences, the main actors involved with the food system in and around the city of Quito are joining forces for the first time. They agree that the city’s food supply can be improved.

How to put 'inclusive business' principles in practice? In this article, we give some examples about how farmers get better access to services in specific business cases brokered by Rikolto.

On 23 January 2020, Rikolto awarded the ‘I’m more than my receipt’-Award to Colruyt, a major retailer in Belgium. In this article we showcase the results and process behind this award.

In this webinar we will demonstrate how vegetable farmers in Nicaragua met the professional needs of the market, and how data can be used to make inclusive business happen. Sign up!

Rice farming exposure was a starting point for women empowerment in Babati, Tanzania. "I am one of them, first as a daughter and now as a mother,” says Mary Temu. Know her story.

Discover how the inclusive business model between the Consorcio Agrocomercial and La Colonia brings benefit to about 800 farmers and supply the Honduran supermarkets with safe and quality vegetables

In early December, Rikolto had the pleasure to welcome representatives of 7 cities from Africa, Latin America and Asia in Leuven, Belgium. We exchanged about our challenges, solutions and ideas to make local food systems more sustainable. The inclusion of small-scale producers and low-income consumers is key to make this happen.

Between March and August 2019, three journalists from the digital platform Eos Tracé visited partner cities of Rikolto's Food Smart Cities programme. This book tells their stories from 9 cities in Vietnam, Belgium, Tanzania, Indonesia, Ecuador, Honduras and Nicaragua.

Why have asparagus flown in from Peru if you can also grow them a stone’s throw away, in Haspengouw? In the Belgian town of Leuven, a short chain platform is being established, aimed at ensuring the town’s inhabitants eat more local produce.

In Peru, Rikolto supports the professionalisation of several cooperatives. In this article we share with you how we strenghtened the business relations between a coffee cooperative and an Australian coffee roasting company.

José María is farmer and president of the cooperative COOSMPROJIN. In his "finquita" he is developing the skills and practices needed to urgently inspire a shift to the conservation of Lake Apanás, a farm landscape in Nicaragua.

Koerintji Barokah Bersama Cooperative, Rikolto’s coffee partner in Jambi, Indonesia, is set to export 15.6 tons of Arabica coffee beans to Belgium. The export could take place due to the collaboration between government institutions, private sectors, NGOs, financial institution, cooperative, and coffee farmers.

Generation Food was launched on Wednesday 25 September. The result of a collaboration between the province of Flemish Brabant, Boerenbond, PROEF, EIT Food, KU Leuven, UCLL, KBC, City of Leuven and Rikolto. The partnership wants to combine their expertise and network in this way to stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship.

In 2019, the Peruvian cooperative of Pangoa has once again placed itself on the list of the world's most exquisite cocoas. The Paris Chocolate Salon has traced its name in the list of the 50 most exclusive shows. Read more about how the people of Pangoa take care of their land and business.

In the context of rapidly-growing cities, urban farming helps city residents cultivate limited, vacant lots to produce food for subsistence, and increase their access to fresh produce. Discover the story from Solo, Indonesia.

In 2016, four vegetable farmers’ cooperatives in Jinotega, Nicaragua, started providing safe, high-quality vegetables to 24 national Subway outlets. Facilitated by Rikolto, they devised a business model that puts inclusivity at the forefront. We have examined all the learned lessons of the last 3 years in a comprehensive case study.

In Solo City of Central Java, a group of passionate citizens and hoteliers take more sustainable moves to reduce food waste, while help people connect better with each other. This is the first of four documented stories of Food Smart City Communication Learning Cycle activities, 8-12 July 2019.

How to put 'inclusive business' principles in practice? In this article, we give some examples about how transparency and risk-sharing are reflected in the governance of specific business cases brokered by Rikolto.

Rikolto tested the implementation of the Standard of Sustainable Rice cultivation with 12 farmers’ organisations worldwide. In a summary report, we share our insights with you.

In the often-crowded central market in the heart of Arusha, Baraka Mponda arranges his fresh vegetables ready for the buyers. He realises that more and more consumers are becoming aware of what they are buying and demand quality safe produce. Read how Rikolto is working together with the Arusha Council to improve public health and build an effective food safety system.

Seaweed cultivation has the potential to improve the livelihood of rural communities living along with the coastal areas of East Nusa Tenggara Province. Seaweed Coordinator of Rikolto in Indonesia, Ziaul Haq, shares some progress and challenges to make this happen.