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Chips, candies, and sugary drinks are food and drinks served most at school canteens in Solo. However, changes are afoot to provide students with healthier meals during their school days. This is the third of four stories documented through Food Smart City Communication Learning Cycle activities, 8-12 July 2019.

In the context of rapidly-growing cities, urban farming helps city residents cultivate limited, vacant lots to produce food for subsistence, and increase their access to fresh produce. This is the second of four stories documented through Food Smart City Communication Learning Cycle activities, 8-12 July 2019.

In Solo City of Central Java, a group of passionate citizens and hoteliers take more sustainable moves to reduce food waste, while helping people connect better with each other. This is the first of four documented stories of Food Smart City Communication Learning Cycle activities, 8-12 July 2019.

Youth-led collaborative space is making headway in Ende, East Nusa Tenggara, where cocoa farming is in dire need of young blood.

Rikolto and Akvo held a knowledge exchange session in Bali, on Friday (26/4), that brought together NGOs, researchers and agri-tech companies to discuss opportunities and challenges to ensure that data brings value to smallholder farmers.

Sulawesi cocoa farmers' cooperatives are set to supply 30 tons of cacao beans to PT. Kalla Kakao Industri, one of the biggest cocoa beans processing companies in Indonesia.

In our recent partnership project, we work with smallholder farmers in Central Java Province in Indonesia to introduce sustainable rice cultivation and improve their livelihoods.

Mid-September, a container with 15.9 ton of Indonesian specialty coffee arrived in the port of Antwerp. Thanks to an ingenious business model, this coffee also contributes to the restoration of the Indonesian rain forest on the island of Sumatra.