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Success Stories
The following examples illustrate how TechnoServe is transforming lives in many countries.
KENYA
Moving Toward Profitability
TechnoServe-assisted Nyala Dairy is targeting training programs at local women to improve farming techniques and raise incomes.
TANZANIA
Higher Coffee Incomes Transform Lives in Tanzania
TechonServe works with coffee farmers to produce higher-quality beans for the premium coffee market.
SWAZILAND
Sowing the Seeds of Prosperity in Swaziland
Themba Dlamini's vision is to develop a thriving produce business that can lift his community out of poverty. TechnoServe is helping him to achieve this goal.
GUATEMALA
Running a Business Empowers Guatemalan Women
PRACTICE:
Selling products made from an abundant natural resource generates income - and a new world of opportunities - for a group of rural women.
EL SALVADOR
A Craft Business Blooms
PRACTICE:
El Salvador's business plan competition helps a committed entrepreneur to expand her handicraft business, bringing new economic opportunities to women in a struggling rural community.
UGANDA
Making the Most of a Staple Crop
TechnoServe is helping develop Uganda's matooke banana industry, benefiting thousands of small-scale farmers.
NICARAGUA
Nurturing the Roots of Prosperity
TechnoServe helps struggling coffee farmers in Nicaragua to diversify into more lucrative crops.
GHANA
A Business Community Chips In
A wide range of partners come together to make Africa's first Believe Begin Become business plan competition a success.
HONDURAS
Helping Honduran Farmers Serve Better Markets
TechnoServe helps a group of farmers to increase their incomes by expanding and improving their product line and linking them to higher-value markets.
KENYA
Harvesting the Fruits of Success
Meru Greens Horticulture is selling high-quality produce to a booming domestic urban market, creating jobs and increasing the incomes of thousands of small-scale farmers on the foothills of Mt. Kenya.
NICARAGUA
Helping Farmers Cash in on Specialty Coffee
TechnoServe assistance is helping Nicaraguan coffee farmers to boost their incomes by catering to the more lucrative and expanding specialty coffee market.
TANZANIA
Artemisia Farming Opens Door to a Better Life
A TechnoServe program to boost Africa's production of an anti-malarial ingredient increases incomes while fighting disease.
NICARAGUA
Reaping the Benefits of Hard Work in Nicaragua
A farming family is transformed when they begin selling improved products to one of Nicaragua's largest supermarket chains.
PERU
Developing Communities around Mining Businesses
TechnoServe is helping a range of small businesses in a Peruvian mining community to capitalize on the mine's presence and use it as a springboard for broader economic growth.
SOUTH AFRICA
Investing in the Future
A poultry cooperative is being helped to grow and create new income opportunities in a region hard-hit by South Africa's apartheid history.
EL SALVADOR
Grounds for Success
TechnoServe is helping Central American coffee groups such as El Salvador's BEXCAFE to increase rural incomes by tapping into premium coffee markets.
MOZAMBIQUE
Revitalizing an Island Gem
TechnoServe helps a historic Mozambican island develop a tourism industry plan to bring much-needed jobs and business opportunities for local residents.
NICARAGUA
Rising to the Top
TechnoServe helps Nicaraguan dairy farmers to capitalize on a growing export market.
GUATEMALA
Cultivating a Home-Grown Entrepreneur
Guatemala's business plan competition helps an entrepreneur expand a produce business that creates jobs and higher incomes in indigenous communities.
NICARAGUA
From Conflict to Coffee
With the help of TechnoServe, Nicaraguan farmers are using coffee profits to transform the lives of their families and community.