Discover & Invest

These are Rikolto's focus areas

Sustainable cocoa

Building resilient cocoa farming communities

Inclusive Business

Equitable sharing of risks and profits between chain actors

Sustainable rice for all

Fewer greenhouse gas emissions from rice fields and better market access for farmers

#YouthInAg

Investing in young people to harvest future-proof solutions

#Coffee4Future

A competitive sector, creating equitable conditions for all

Food Smart Cities

Building bridges for sustainable and fair food in cities

Securing access to quality sesame seeds in Senegal
The national federation of sesame producers, FENPROSE, manages a sustainable system to facilitate access to quality seeds for its members to cultivate with.
Strengthening the access of farmers’ organisations to institutional markets in Burkina Faso
Rikolto's focus in view of creating a leverage effect that new institutional market access can have for family farmers' organisations.
Rice farmers’ organisations access a significant share of Mali’s institutional markets
Malian rice farmers are organising themselves to benefit better from institutional rice purchases.
West African rice farmers reconquering the local rice market
Rice farmers' organisations in Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal are improving their competitiveness and their relations with the private and public sectors to win back larger shares of the rice market in West Africa.
Digital solutions for efficient management of rice commercialisation in Senegal
FEPROBA, the Federation of Farmers in the Anambe Basin, decided to test digital solutions to increase farmers’ statistical skills. This is important for the development of an effective rice commercialisation strategy, and to negotiate effectively with customers.
The emerging success of Burkinabè sesame production
The sesame sector is developing rapidly in Burkina Faso thanks to strong demand from the international market. But family farmers still lack the professionalism to make the most of it. Rikolto supports the UDPS-N (Departmental Union of Sesame Producers of Niangoloko) to find solutions to problems in the sesame value chain.
Malian farmers about to conquer the sesame market
Sesame producers in Mali are professionalising to conquer larger shares of the sesame market nationally and internationally.
Cocoa in Flores, Indonesia
Helping farmers to end the abusive ijon practice. Last update (11/02/2021): The importance of quality control in a fermented cocoa business
Cocoa in Sulawesi, Indonesia
Working towards sustainable, certified cocoa in collaboration with Mars. Last update (11/02/2021): Business Model Canvas Training: Nurturing entrepreneurial spirit

Discover & Invest

These are Rikolto's focus areas

Sustainable cocoa

Inclusive Business

Sustainable rice for all

#YouthInAg

#Coffee4Future

Food Smart Cities

Securing access to quality sesame seeds in Senegal

Strengthening the access of farmers’ organisations to institutional markets in Burkina Faso

Rice farmers’ organisations access a significant share of Mali’s institutional markets

West African rice farmers reconquering the local rice market

Digital solutions for efficient management of rice commercialisation in Senegal

The emerging success of Burkinabè sesame production

Malian farmers about to conquer the sesame market

Cocoa in Flores, Indonesia

Cocoa in Sulawesi, Indonesia

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