Solidaridad Asia

The Natural Rubber Conclave 2025 witnessed two days of insightful discussions and knowledge-sharing on the challenges and prospects of rubber farming, and the scope of intercropping and multicropping activities on rubber plantations as well as alternate livelihood options. 👩🌾 👨🌾 💡 Take a look at the highlights from the event. Solidaridad Asia | Bridgestone India | Nitin Rao #NaturalRubberConclave #SustainableRubber #Intercropping #Multicropping #MultistakeholderApproach

"We want women to be aware of and understand that we have the same rights as men … we all have potential, and we have to seize every opportunity that presents itself to us," says Siti of the Agri Mandiri farmers' group in Indonesia. 🙋♀️ In the East Kalimantan province of Indonesia, PoweRRR Indonesia, a project implemented by Solidaridad, is supporting a shift towards inclusion and equity in the palm oil sector. It is addressing structural imbalances such as lack of women's access to knowledge, markets, decision-making power and land rights, as well as regressive social norms and perceptions. 👩🌾 🤝 👉 Read more to know how this project is driving change: https://lnkd.in/g4AhpMkN Solidaridad Network | Solidaridad Asia | Solidaridad Indonesia | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH | Perempuan Mahardhika | Syngenta Indonesia | Yeni Fitriyanti | Edy Hartono | Andie Wibianto | Suksma Ratri | Neha . #SustainablePalmOil #GenderInclusion #WomenEmpowerment #MarketAccess #RegenerativeAgriculture #WeekendRead

The Good Farming–Good Food (GFGF) programme team in Madhya Pradesh recently conducted an impact assessment of the GFGH initiative. Their findings highlight the program’s success in incorporating soy and locally available fruits and vegetables into the diets of rural households, significantly improving nutrition and well-being. 🥗 🌿 ◼️ Over 130,000 individuals have received knowledge and training on nutrition. ◼️ 492 Nutri Sakhis (community health-and-nutrition workers) have been trained in spreading awareness at the grassroots level. ◼️ Over 450 schools and anganwadi centres have incorporated soy and vegetables in daily meals, improving health outcomes for children. ◼️ 13,784 household chefs have been equipped with soy-based meal preparation skills. ◼️ 72,000 women report the consumption of improved and diversified diets. ◼️ The establishment of 3,454 nutrition gardens has provided households with access to fresh, homegrown produce, contributing significantly to the state's food security. ✔️ Solidaridad Network | Solidaridad Asia | Dr.Suresh Motwani | Prema Sharma #ProgressReport #FoodSecurity #NutritionSecurity #HealthAndWellness #RegenerativeAgriculture

Solidaridad's collaboration with Fowzia Foods is helping women in Bangladesh become soy entrepreneurs, in addition to being farmers. This approach is allowing them to embrace sustainability and earn their own livelihoods. 🫘 💸 🎯 Read how this collaboration is achieving its aims: Solidaridad Network | Solidaridad Asia | Selim Reza Hasan | Mohammad Moziball Hoque | Dr. Nazmun Naher | Ipshita Habib | K. M. Faisal Naeem #ThePowerOfPartnerships #PathwaysToProsperity #FoodSecurity #SoyNutrition #HealthAndNutrition #ClimateResilience #MultistakeholderApproach

What are the implications of a degrowth model for Indian agriculture? 💡 "Both regenerative agriculture and the degrowth movement advocate for a shift away from exploitative, extractive farming practices towards ecological health and community well-being. [...] Degrowth in agriculture is not about producing less food but about redefining the goals and values of the agricultural system," writes Shatadru Chattopadhayay, Managing Director, Solidaridad Asia, in "Degrowth and the Reimagining of Indian Agriculture", a special issue brief for the Observer Research Foundation. 🌿 👩🌾 👨🌾 🔗 Know more about the origins of the degrowth movement, and how this approach can rejuvenate India's farms and villages: https://lnkd.in/g8vKvyNY Solidaridad Network | Solidaridad Asia | Observer Research Foundation | Shatadru Chattopadhayay | Andre de Freitas | Dr. Nilanjan Ghosh #Degrowth #RegenerativeAgriculture #FarmersFirst #FPOModel #DemocraticEconomy #LongRead

#InternationalDayOfZeroWaste2025: On the International Day of Zero Waste, read how a circular, waste to value approach is helping Bangladesh's leather cluster reduce its environmental footprint, with Solidaridad's support. 🏭👢💚 Solidaridad Network | Solidaridad Asia | Selim Reza Hasan | Rehana Akter Ruma | Vadlamudi Venkaiah naidu | K. M. Faisal Naeem #InternationalDayOfZeroWaste #SustainableLeather #WasteToValue #PaverTiles #CircularEconomy #Repost

#ICYMI: The All Assam Small Tea Growers' Association and All Bodoland Small Tea Growers' Association, supported by the Indian Tea Association and Solidaridad Asia, recently submitted a status paper titled "Policy Intervention on Sustainability of Assam Small Tea Grower Sector" to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, and the Commerce & Industries Ministry, Government of Assam. 🌱 The paper outlined the current challenges faced by small tea farmers in Assam, ranging from limited bargaining power and lack of access to financial resources and government schemes, to price distortion and limited access to training and technology. To overcome these challenges, the paper detailed several key recommendations for the central and state governments to consider. 👩🌾 👨🌾 📰 Read the paper here. Solidaridad Asia | Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India | Shatadru Chattopadhayay | Ramanand Tiwari | Boriah Gangan | Ranjan Circar | Bijit Borkotaky | Digvijay Jamwal #SustainableTea #PolicyAdvocacy #LongRead #WeekendRead

𝑺𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑭𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒂 Our team in Sarawak recently conducted a sustainability assessment (SA) with five oil palm smallholders from Kampung Abok, Sri Aman district, to evaluate their practices and their impact on the environment and community. 🌴 💧 At the village head’s home, the participants answered the questions in the SA form: 👉 General information about their operations 👉 Details of traceability back to the smallholder level 👉 Compliance with legal requirements and transparency 👉 Adherence to good agricultural practices (GAPs) with a focus on environmental and social impacts Next, the assessment took our team on a visit of the smallholders’ farms. They observed, first-hand, how the smallholders manage their land. The team also learned about the methods they employ to nurture their crops and protect the surrounding environment. During the visit, the team also shared advanced knowledge on GAPs with the smallholders. The farmers, in turn, demonstrated a strong willingness to learn more and keep practising the lessons in alignment with the principles of sustainable oil palm cultivation. 💚 🤝 Solidaridad Asia | Solidaridad Malaysia | Law Chu Chien | Maria Ariessa | Rinie Suliman #SustainablePalmOil #SustainabilityMetrics #SustainabilityAssessment #RegenerativeAgriculture

What goes into the making of a cup of your favourite tea? It is the hard work of several tea farmers and other actors in the tea supply chain—all of whom are, individually and collectively, rising above challenges to practise and ensure sustainability. 🌱 ☕ 🔎 Read more about how and why tea cultivators in India are increasingly finding strength in the collective—and how collectives are empowering small farmers such as Tapan Mandal: https://lnkd.in/ez2Vh5ek Solidaridad Network | Solidaridad Asia | Confederation of Indian Small Tea Growers Association (CISTA) | Shatadru Chattopadhayay | Ramanand Tiwari | Ranjan Circar | Boriah Gangan | Rohin Dsouza | BIJOY G CHAKRABORTY #SustainableTea #TraceableTea #ThePowerOfCollectives #RECLAIMSustainability #SmallTeaGrowers

#WorldWaterDay2025: On World Water Day, take a look at some of the practices and techniques employed by farmers in Indonesia, with support from Solidaridad, to optimize and minimize water use in sustainable and regenerative oil palm cultivation. 💦🌴💧 Solidaridad Network | Solidaridad Asia | Solidaridad Indonesia | Yeni Fitriyanti | Edy Hartono | andie wibianto #WorldWaterDay #WaterManagement #WaterConservation #WaterEfficientAgriculture #SustainablePalmOil #RegenerativeAgriculture #WeekendRead