Archive

Living Wage project

Working on the Living Wage project in East Africa, Hivos and their partners Fair Trade and FFP have conducted a wage structure analysis and wage benchmark for both Ethiopia and Kenya. The initial outcome of the studies were…

Wetland project

In Ethiopia, the wetland project  (2014-2016) by Afriflora is showing first  results.  After the establishment of a large scale natural wetland on the Sher farm,  it is already  filtering and re-using…

Floriculture Sustainability Initiative

The floriculture Sustainability Initiative is working together towards a healthy, vital and sustainable floricultural sector.

Production, Protection & Inclusion

Land use intensification, nature protection, land and customary rights, spatial planning and equitable benefit sharing need to go hand in hand with independent monitoring and supply as well as reputational benefits for companies.

Updates from ISLA Ethiopia

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the Rift Valley Lakes Basin Authority and IDH on the 9th of March. The purpose of the MoU was to show the…

IDH donors visit project sites in Kenya and Ethiopia

The three institutional donors from the Dutch, Danish and Swiss governments visited Kenya in February. The three institutional donors from the Dutch, Danish and Swiss governments visited Kenya in…

Juice, Purees & Concentrates

ISLA Coalition in Ethiopia sets priorities for joint action

ISLA Ethiopia coalition of public, private and civil society stakeholders gathered in Ziway town on the 1st of Oct 2015 to validate short listed joint actions for implementation in the…