http://www.technoserve.org 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. en-us 368 http://www.technoserve.org/blog/simon-winter-discusses-entrepreneurship-at-the-world-bank Simon Winter, TechnoServe's Senior Vice President of Development, spoke at the World Bank on May 16th. His presentation was part of the World Bank's Labor Markets Core Course series. See @JobsKnowledge's account of his talk on Storify. Wed, 16 May 2012 09:34:21 -0700 367 http://www.technoserve.org/blog/photo-friday-happy-mothers-day Aura Rosa Morales stands with her daughter on her farm near Nueva Guinea, Nicaragua. Aura is working with TechnoServe to improve the productivity of her farm and increase her income. This work will help her provide a better future for her daughter. Fri, 11 May 2012 11:20:03 -0700 366 http://www.technoserve.org/blog/fostering-entrepreneurship-in-developing-countries How can we stimulate entrepreneurship in the developing world? For TechnoServe, this is more than just a theoretical question. We believe that competitive businesses are the key to ending global poverty. And growing such businesses begins with entrepreneurs. Wed, 09 May 2012 02:18:29 -0700 365 http://www.technoserve.org/blog/partnership-creates-new-source-of-income-for-farmers-in-brazil In the south of the Brazilian state of Bahia, three organizations are uniting to implement an economic development project that is generating benefits for 60 farmers who live on settlements created after agrarian reform. Tue, 08 May 2012 05:49:18 -0700 363 http://www.technoserve.org/blog/partnering-to-improve-food-and-nutrition-security-in-africa Transforming poor people's food and nutrition security is proving to be, as expected, a massive challenge. As we approach a slew of global meetings that will address this topic in the coming months, the German Marshall Fund (GMF) has released a new report that showcases the need for and complexities of multi-stakeholder partnerships in support of this goal in Africa. Tue, 01 May 2012 08:18:29 -0700 361 http://www.technoserve.org/blog/photo-friday-growing-trees-growing-incomes Diomedes Lopez of the Jorge Salazar Cooperative points to a tiny cocoa pod growing on a tree in northern Nicaragua. Today is Arbor Day, an opportunity for people across the world to plant and care for trees. For many of TechnoServe’s clients, trees are central to their livelihoods. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:03:19 -0700 360 http://www.technoserve.org/blog/technoserves-work-with-fruit-farmers-in-east-africa-highlighted-in-the-fina In a special report on sustainable business, the Financial Times examines how major corporations are increasingly working to source products from smallholder farmers in developing countries. The report cites Project Nurture, a partnership with TechnoServe, The Coca-Cola Company and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that aims to double the fruit incomes of more than 50,000 small-scale mango and passion fruit farmers in Kenya and Uganda. Wed, 25 Apr 2012 07:30:53 -0700 358 http://www.technoserve.org/blog/sustainable-development-working-with-technoserve-coca-cola-and-others-to-in I will never forget my first night in Kalawa village. As a Peace Corps trainee, I would be living for the next three months in a crumbling mud house in rural Kenya. My host family spoke little English and had few possessions, yet I was amazed by their friendliness and generosity. As I sat down to a dimly lit meal of goat stew, a thousand thoughts raced through my head: How would this experience change me? How could I help in a culture so different than my own? Had I made the right decision? Regardless, I was determined to make a difference. Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:25:49 -0700 359 http://www.technoserve.org/blog/photo-friday-celebrating-earths-diversity The Earth is good to us. It offers up countless bounties that feed and sustain more than 7 billion people – from corn in the Midwest to coffee in Central America to cocoa in West Africa. On Earth Day 2012, TechnoServe joins the world in celebrating the amazing diversity of our planet – and committing to protect it. Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:48:42 -0700 356 http://www.technoserve.org/blog/photo-friday-nurturing-new-opportunities-for-fruit-farmers Isaac Kiriort, chairman of the Tiret Self-Help Group, and member Eusila Lelei tend purple passion fruit vines in the highlands of western Kenya. TechnoServe is helping the farming cooperative to capitalize on this new market opportunity as part of Project Nurture, a partnership with The Coca-Cola Company and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to double the fruit incomes of more than 50,000 small-scale mango and passion fruit farmers in Kenya and Uganda. Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:19:20 -0700