Four Reasons to Feel Good About Your Cup of Coffee on Earth Day
In Ethiopia, TechnoServe is working with Nespresso’s AAA Sustainable Quality Program to build a coffee sector that is sustainable and prosperous for local farmers and ecosystems.
TechnoServe’s Global Advisory Council Celebrates 50 Years of Business Solutions to Poverty in Ghana
Yasmine Mahdavi, member of TechnoServe's Global Advisory Council, reflects on the group's visit to TechnoServe projects working to build strong, formal markets in Ghana, the country that helped to inspire TechnoServe's foundation 50 years ago.
Investing in Women makes Business Sense in Uganda
Recognizing that women make up more than half of Uganda's agricultural labor force, AB InBev partnered with TechnoServe to help women farmers access the agricultural and business knowledge they need to build profitable farms and a sustainable supply chain for AB InBev subsidiaries in the country.
A New Model for Producing Seed
How small commercial farmers in the highlands of Zambézia are driving adoption of improved techniques for soy seed production.
Reducing Women’s Drudgery for Stronger Forest Economies
In the Majang Forest of Ethiopia, TechnoServe is working to create sustainable and prosperous forest-based economies by helping women to reduce time spent in drudgery, launch income-generating activities, and enter competitive markets for non-timber forest products.
How Women Agronomists in Ethiopia are Helping Improve Gender Equality
In Ethiopia, 75 percent of the work in the coffee value chain is carried out by women, whereas only 43 percent of the income is earned by those same women. Kebebushe is one of 79 agronomists working with Nespresso to support more than 40,000 coffee farmers with best farming practices, and to improve the status of women throughout the value chain.
How Young Women can Find Opportunities in African Agriculture
Closing the gender gap is essential to economic growth in Africa, where women generally have less access to education, training, financial services, and assets than men do. Dace Mahanay, TechnoServe's Regional Director for the STRYDE program, discusses keys to supporting young women's business success.
Improving Livelihoods by Saving Animals
TechnoServe is working to expand commercial livestock services across Kenya's rangelands and is evaluating which business models can provide sustainable agrovet services to pastoralist communities.
Creating Change for Mozambique’s Cashew Sector through Processing
In only four years, Mozambique cashew farmers have planted more than 500,000 cashew seedlings, while burgeoning processing plants across the country work to connect these booming yields with premium markets.
Clean Water from the Classroom, for the Community
While teaching TechnoServe’s entrepreneurship curriculum in their classrooms, two teachers put the lessons in action, launching a local water purification project with their students.
