A sustainable income for farmers
and nutritious, affordable food for everyone.

Rikolto is an internatonal NGO with more than 50 years' experience in partnering with farmer organisations and food chain stakeholders across Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. 

We join forces with smallholder farmer organisations, companies, authorities and other food system actors. We create innovative ways of accessing, trading, distributing and producing nutritious, quality food. We ensure the sustainability of our actions by developing solid and inclusive business relationships, so that no one is left behind.

In Southeast Asia, Rikolto has two country offices, one located in Hanoi, Vietnam, and one in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia.

Our Impact

We support farmers to increase their resilience by training them on sustainable practices and by supporting farmers organisation to become strong business partners.

22,419
farmers

We have improved citizens' and consumers' access to healthy, sustainable and nutritiousfood by contributing to more efficient value chains.

1,035,488
consumers

The 44 farmers’ organisations we support brought environmentally sustainable rice, cocoa, coffee and vegetables to local, regional and international markets.

43,411
tonnes of sustainable produce

We support food system actors to adopt more inclusive business practices and build long-term business relationships that benefit both parties.

44
inclusive businesses

We support food entrepreneurs to further develop and strength their agri-businesses through training and by connecting them to existing markets.

126
entrepreneurs

We facilitate and/or participate in multi-stakeholder platforms where we advocate for policies and initiatives that promote more sustainable and inclusive food systems.

22
multi-stakeholder platforms

*The data refer to the year 2023.

Inclusive business for food system change

We ensure the sustainablity of our actions through a holistic sustainable food systems approach, facilitating collective action among all food system actors.

Our work is structured around three global programmes focusing on Rice, Cocoa & Coffee and Good Food 4 Cities. Inclusive business is at their core. We promote long-term business relationships fulfilling farmers' and buyers' alike.

Learn more about our regional programmes below:

Rikolto joins forces with different stakeholders to tackle the burning issues related to our food systems and from gender to regenerative agriculture, to accelerate food system transformation that benefits our planet and its people.

Learn more about these issues here.

Stories from the ground

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A food systems recipe to cultivate resilience.

Resilience is key for future-proof food systems. For Rikolto, the 3 main ingredients in this recipe for resilient food systems are: sustainable food production, inclusive markets and an enabling environment. In our Annual Report 2023, we showcase highlights and lessons learnt revolving around these three ingredients, from our three global programmes.

Browse our 2023 International Annual Report
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