How Climate-Smart Cashews Nourish Gender Equity and Environmental Sustainability
Climate change threatens to reshape our world, but its effects will not be distributed equally. Read more from Agrilinks.
How Does Quality Control in East Africa Help Bring Your Favorite Coffee From Crop to Cup? Part 3: Cupping
In the final installment of this three-part series, Crop to Cup, learn how coffee processing – cupping, in particular – in East Africa affects the taste of your coffee and the prices that farmers receive.
Creating Change Through Cocoa in Ghana: Q&A With Former Fellow Yash Mehta
Yash Mehta is a former TechnoServe Fellow who worked remotely in Ghana earlier this year, where he helped a cocoa processing company improve its business plan and support smallholder farmers to increase their yields and incomes. In this Q&A, Yash shares what his remote fellowship experience was like and how it positively impacted his career path.
Leading By Example: Mónica Momade Is Chef, Mother, and Small Business Owner
Even though she would rather be cooking delicious meals, a chef in Mozambique works to revamp the business side of things to keep the food flowing out of her kitchen.
Farmers See the Benefits of Vetiver Wetlands and Regenerative Agriculture in Peru
From Ethiopia to Peru, a highly efficient, natural technology is being implemented to help wetlands recover: vetiver grass. Learn how it works in Peru – and how it helps coffee farmer Emilia Lozada send her children to school.
From Worry Comes Determination for Grocery Store Entrepreneur in Mozambique
A determined grocery store owner in Mozambique adjusts her business model to save her store – and set her children up for success.
Innovative Business Owner Plays Her Part in Conserving Lake Malawi’s Shoreline Biodiversity
In Malawi, a business owner is using her social enterprise to help diversify incomes in her community – and it's helping rejuvenate a depleted Lake Malawi.
Two South African Women Turn to Entrepreneurship to Fulfill Their Dreams: “Women Are Moving Up the Ladder and Can be Anything They Want to be Now.”
Two South African women rise early each morning, hoping that entrepreneurship will help them fulfill their dreams. A TechnoServe program is giving them the skills to do just that.
How Do Coffee Processors in East Africa Bring Your Favorite Coffee From Crop to Cup? Part 2: Washing Stations
In part two of this new three-part series, Crop to Cup, learn how coffee processors in East Africa play a role in the coffee that ends up in consumers’ cups around the world, no matter how you take your coffee. Look out for part three, which covers quality control.
A New Tool for Business to Fight Malnutrition: Micronutrient Fortification Index Launches in Nigeria
Malnutrition is one of the world’s biggest development challenges. But food fortification can dramatically improve a population’s nutrition—if food processing companies have the right tools and knowledge. Last week, TechnoServe launched a new platform to help food processors track and improve fortification, marking important progress in fighting malnutrition in Nigeria and beyond.
