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These are Rikolto's focus areas

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

Food Smart Cities

Building bridges for sustainable, inclusive, and resilient food in cities

#Coffee4Future

A competitive sector, creating equitable conditions for all

Inclusive Business

Equitable sharing of risks and profits between chain actors

Sustainable cocoa

Building resilient cocoa farming communities

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.
Generation Food: helping young Belgian entrepreneurs solve food-related problems
A new movement stimulates innovation and entrepreneurship in agriculture and food.
Sustainable Landscapes transforming the horticultural sector in Nicaragua
Through the preservation of the lake Apanás and the collaboration with four vegetables producer organisations, Rikolto aims to foster the national horticultural sector. Last update (27/10/2021): Nicaraguan cooperative finds the missing means in the midst of the pandemic
Hydroponics and greenhouses: a hope for Honduras
Through Eurosan Occidente, Rikolto is developing the initiative "Technology and dialogue of knowledge to promote food and nutritional security in Honduras", through which hydroponic systems will be installed in greenhouses to increase the production of healthy vegetables within family agriculture. Last update (27/10/2021): Pilot hydroponics projects in Honduras - 5 observations to bear in mind
Wanted: Food for the Future [completed]
A unique project in which the Belgian Province of Flemish Brabant, Rikolto, retailer Colruyt Group and the University of Leuven together with young people, experts, farmers, etc. look for ways to feed the growing global population in a sustainable way. Last update (26/10/2021): Empowering Young Potential Change-Makers
Sustainable catering
Industrial kitchens are getting a taste for sustainable food
Burkinabe women design an innovative, sustainable business model
Franchising allows them to improve the quality of home-parboiled rice, and sell it at a higher price Last update (01/10/2021): Franchise developed with UNERIZ adapted for resilience of rice parboiling micro-enterprises facing the effects of COVID-19
"Innovamos": Harvesting knowledge in Central America
The collaboration between 21 farmer organisations, 3 universities and research centres from Central America and Belgium aims to develop innovations that respond to key challenges in the horticultural sectors of Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras.
Sustainable production can save a lake in Nicaragua
Farmers, fishermen, actors in tourism and energy sector work together to find solutions to alleviate the ever-growing pressure on lake Apanás.

Discover & Invest

These are Rikolto's focus areas

Sustainable rice for all

#YouthInAg

Food Smart Cities

#Coffee4Future

Inclusive Business

Sustainable cocoa

The emerging success of Burkinabè sesame production

Generation Food: helping young Belgian entrepreneurs solve food-related problems

Sustainable Landscapes transforming the horticultural sector in Nicaragua

Hydroponics and greenhouses: a hope for Honduras

Wanted: Food for the Future [completed]

Sustainable catering

Burkinabe women design an innovative, sustainable business model

"Innovamos": Harvesting knowledge in Central America

Sustainable production can save a lake in Nicaragua

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