Resource Library
Learn more about our progress and lessons learned from our work in the developing world.
Annual + Progress Reports
2013 Progress Report
Learn how our most recent efforts are making a difference in the countries where we work.
2011 Annual Report
Read our 2011 Annual Report to see how we made a difference in the lives of 2.5 million people in more than 30 countries.
Newsletters
Spring 2013
New Opportunities Take Root in Mozambique; Promoting a Sustainable Industry; In Memoriam: Darlene Brown; Protecting Water Resources; Empowering Rural Youth; Enterprise Development; Branching Out; Women in Agriculture; Q&A: Emily West
Winter 2013
Sustainable Support for Smallholder Farmers in Peru; Inside a Farmer Training; Partners in Fashion; Experiencing Mozambique; Enhancing Food Security; Behind the Logo; Q&A: Sarah and Shay Wester
Archive
- Fall 2012
A New Boost for Entrepreneurs in Central America and Africa; Peace Pays: Rebuilding Livelihoods in Northern Uganda
- Summer 2012
Cotton Business Creates New Opportunities in Uganda; New Technologies, New Opportunities for Garifuna Women in Honduras; TechnoServe Introduces Updated Mission and Vision
Reports
8 Views for the G8
Agriculture for Impact details how business solutions for African smallholder farmers can address food security and nutrition issues. Includes viewpoints from eight development organizations, including TechnoServe.
The Coffee Initiative: Phase One Final Report
The Coffee Initiative Phase One Final Report documents grant-related activities, accomplishments and challenges from the first four-year phase of the project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Archive
- Project Nurture: Partnering for Business Opportunity and Development Impact
A new report prepared by the Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School examines how Project Nurture demonstrates the potential for building sustainable and inclusive value chains through cross-sector partnership.
- Cultivating Women’s Participation: Strategies for Gender-Responsive Agriculture Programming
Technical brief from the International Center for Research on Women highlighting the gender approach in TechnoServe’s Coffee Initiative in Tanzania.
- Lessons Learned: The Coffee Initiative, 2008 to 2011
TechnoServe learned important lessons during the first phase of the Coffee Initiative, a project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. These insights have much to offer for the private, public and non-profit sectors.
- Southern Africa Regional Soybean Roadmap: Report
- Southern Africa Soybean Roadmap: South Africa
- Southern Africa Soybean Roadmap: Zambia
- Southern Africa Soybean Roadmap: Zimbabwe
Case Studies
Index of Global Philanthropy and Remittances 2010
Highlights TechnoServe's remittance-based work in El Salvador.
Archive
- Business Plan Competition Study 2009, a TechnoServe Practice Brief
- Building Competitiveness in Africa’s Agriculture: A Guide to Value Chain Concepts and Applications
Document produced by The World Bank referencing several TechnoServe case studies.
- Factories in the Field
Rural Transformation and the Organization of Work in Mozambique's Cashew Triangle.
- A Roadmap for Agribusiness Development in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
- Using Value Chain Approaches in Agribusiness and Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa
Document produced for the World Bank by J.E. Austin Associates, Inc. and cites TechnoServe's coffee work in Tanzania.
- Technical Brief: Outgrower Schemes - Enhancing Profitability
A joint report from TechnoServe and IFAD.