Rikolto (International) Rikolto in Belgium Rikolto in East Africa Rikolto in West Africa Rikolto in DR Congo Rikolto in Vietnam Rikolto in Indonesia Rikolto en Sudamérica Rikolto en Centroamérica Rikolto Worldwide Vredeseilanden Open menu Discover & Invest Get involved News & Insights About Us Contact Rikolto (International) Discover our work. Invest in smallholder farmers. Food Smart Cities @ Rikolto How to provide affordable quality food in booming cities? City policies can offer opportunities for farmers and push food production and consumption towards more sustainability. The Inclusive Business Scan Rikolto, with support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has developed the Inclusive Business Scan (powered by SenseMaker) to organise real-time feedback on inclusive business in smallholder supply chains. Fresh Fruits and Vegetables in Arumeru, Tanzania High Value Crops: the perfect tool to fight poverty More Our mission Rikolto (formerly VECO) enables and supports smallholder farmers to take up their role in rural poverty alleviation and to contribute to feeding a growing world population in a sustainable way. News & Insights DGD visits Rikolto's partners in Burkina Faso 12/12/2017 in News On 29 and 30 November 2017, a team of the Belgian Development Cooperation and the Belgian Embassy in Burkina Faso visited the women rice parboilers and rice producers of Douna. Exchanges with our partners allowed the visitors to appreciate the changes in their lives following Rikolto's 2014-2016 programme. The Inca Food Trail: more taste than travel 11/12/2017 in Insights The Inca Food Trail is a culinary fundraising trip organized by Rikolto in November 2017. Along with Belgian chef Sofie Dumont and 15 adventurers with a passion for food, the tour is an opportunity to discover Peruvian gastronomy within sustainable food systems. With this trip, the participants support Rikolto and its projects aimed at sustainable food systems. On implementing the Inclusive Business Scan in Eastern Congo 05/12/2017 in Insights Last week, our colleague Tom Van den Steen, Programme Advisor Planning, Learning & Accountability, visited coffee cooperative Kawa Kanzururu, engaging with over 600 coffee farmers on their experiences selling coffee to international buyers. Read his insights on implementing the Inclusive Business Scan in Eastern DR Congo here. Rikolto is born! Vredeseilanden/VECO changes brand name 30/09/2017 in News As of 30th September 2017, the first of several events worldwide took place to launch VECO’s new name: Rikolto. Rikolto is the Esperanto word for ‘harvest’. Rikolto wants farmers to have a brilliant harvest, and we want to especially harvest great new ideas and solutions to improve our food systems. Subscribe to our newsletter E-mail address Vredeseilanden VECO/Vredeseilanden (International Office) Blijde Inkomststraat 50 BE - 3000 Leuven info@rikolto.org Tel.: +32 16/31.65.80 Fax: +32 16/31.65.81 Twitter LinkedIn YouTube Flickr Site byWieni