Colombian Women Take Tourism Business to Next Level
Colombia’s Nuquí region abuts the Pacific Ocean, in an area where the sea meets lush mangrove-forested foothills, making it a hotbed of animal and plant biodiversity.
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TechnoServe supported 1,260 Colombian smallholder coffee growers improve farming practices and increase revenue. TechnoServe has helped 929 entrepreneurs across South America generate more than $16 million in sales through business plan competition and start-up consulting.
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Building New and Better Businesses
The Andean Business Plan Competition focused on building entrepreneurial capacity across six countries: Bolivia, Chile,... Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. TechnoServe guided more than 929 entrepreneurs as they put their plans into action, establishing 538 businesses in fields as diverse as health, horticulture, recycling and tourism. The five-year program, completed in 2012, has generated 3,300 new jobs in the region, impacting thousands of families.
Improving Colombia’s Coffee Sector
Building off our previous work in the Colombian coffee industry, TechnoServe continues to explore new ways to support... the country’s small producers. Through a diagnostic study, we are researching opportunities to improve the coffee milling process and to share our experience and learnings with even more farmers.
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Nespresso
A Good Cup of Coffee
TechnoServe provided technical assistance and worked alongside 1,260 small coffee growers in Colombia’s Caldas region... as they improved the quality of their crops and their earnings. With our corporate partner Nespresso, we provided training and helped producers install coffee drying facilities, to grow coffee produced under socially equitable conditions and reach new markets.
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NespressoBlog Posts
July 27, 2012
Photo of the Week: Natural Beauty and Business in Colombia
The natural beauty of Colombia’s Nuquí region makes it a wonderful destination for tourists.
May 9, 2012
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.
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TechnoServe Colombia
Calle 69 no. 6-20 Tel: +57 320 5211425 |
Catalina Robledo
Country Manager |
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