TechnoServe Blog
TechnoServe's blog highlights the lessons and successes from our work to help entrepreneurial men and women in the developing world build businesses that create income, opportunity and economic growth.
TechnoServe Receives USDA Grants for Work in Honduras and Nicaragua
TechnoServe | April 12, 2012
Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced international food assistance programs that will benefit more than 9.7 million people across the world. TechnoServe was honored to receive two grants under the Food for Progress program.
Categories: Agriculture & Agribusiness ; Central America & Caribbean
Photo Friday: A Fresh Blend in Guatemala
TechnoServe | April 06, 2012
Mónica Jacinto prepares pineapple to be used in fruit juice by her company, Kask’i. TechnoServe has helped Kask'i, owned by a group of 34 women in Guatemala's Mayan highlands, to improve its operations and reach new markets.
Categories: Central America & Caribbean ; Developing Entrepreneurs
Peace One Day Founder Visits TechnoServe
TechnoServe | April 04, 2012
Jeremy Gilley, founder of Peace One Day, visited TechnoServe's headquarters in Washington, DC to talk about his organization's work, the idea behind the International Day of Peace and the connection between peace and economic development.
Categories: Asia ; Central America & Caribbean ; East Africa ; South America ; Southern Africa ; Western Africa
Photo Friday: Shea Butter Raises Incomes for Women in Ghana
TechnoServe | March 30, 2012
Aminah Alhassan (left) and Mariama Andani of the Nyebu Be Yoona Shea Butter Processing Group stand near their homes in the village of Kanfiehiyili in northern Ghana. TechnoServe has helped 4,000 poor rural women to earn sustainable incomes by collecting and processing shea nuts into a butter used in cosmetics. With our assistance, these women have more than doubled their incomes, giving them money to feed their families and send their children to school.
Categories: Building Business & Industry ; Western Africa
TechnoServe’s Work Highlighted by International Food Policy Research Institute
TechnoServe | March 28, 2012
What are value chains, and how can they improve poor people’s incomes? Insights, the magazine of the International Food Policy Research Institute, tackles these questions in a recent feature story – and they highlight TechnoServe’s work with vegetable farmers in Nicaragua to show how smallholders can connect to better markets and earn more value from their products.
Categories: Agriculture & Agribusiness ; Building Business & Industry ; Central America & Caribbean
"To me TechnoServe has always been distinguished by its long-term commitment to building cooperatives and businesses from the bottom up in a way that makes sense for the individuals."
PATRICIA M. CLOHERTY
Chairman and CEO, Delta Private Equity Partners