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The Sustainable Farming in Tropical Asian Landscapes (SFITAL) project aims to link small-scale producers to global supply chains in an environmentally sustainable, economically viable, and socially responsible manner.... Continue Reading
Building upon the success of a previous project, the Rwenzori Education, Livelihoods, and Gender Project aims to address the root causes of child labor. With support from Nespresso, the Rainforest Alliance has partnered with Kyagalanyi Coffee Ltd (KCL) to embed child protection into their business practices. The Rainforest Alliance will support the KCL cooperative’s farming households to increase their coffee production and incomes by providing training aligned with our certification standard. In doing so, the project seeks to create a coffee supply chain free from child labor.... Continue Reading
Through this project, the Rainforest Alliance will work with the central and state level governments of India, the private sector, farmers, and communities to develop a strategic approach to land management that improves livelihoods while restoring degraded land and conserving biodiversity.... Continue Reading
Through a Global Development Alliance with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Rainforest Alliance will address these challenges by implementing the Feed the Future Honduras Alliance for Economic and Environmental Resilience. It aims to strengthen the capacity and increase the income of at least 4,000 producers and 60 local companies in Honduras’ northern Atlantic region, while restoring and protecting natural resources and ecosystems. ... Continue Reading
The Rainforest Alliance and Acorn will partner with two coffee businesses and farmers in Vietnam to implement regenerative coffee farming practices that can increase their plots’ resilience, biodiversity, and carbon sequestration capabilities. ... Continue Reading
Our Kleinhans Fellowship supports research that seeks solutions to the challenges faced by the community forestry model.... Continue Reading