From Day Laborer to Leader: Inside a Thriving Nicaraguan Coffee Farm
Manuel Herrera saw early on how coffee could transform his life. His thriving coffee farm is helping Manuel build a better life for his family.
Vote for the Photo of the Month: September 2025
Our monthly photo series highlights the beauty and emotion in the lives of our clients around the world.
Five (More!) International Development Terms to Know
As students across the northern hemisphere prepare to head back to the classroom, it's the perfect time for a refresher of our own. To mark the back-to-school season, we're unpacking five more pieces of international development jargon and clarifying why they matter.
Meet 4 Women who are Changing the Game on Women’s Economic Opportunity
TechnoServe works to help women around the world gain equal access to the knowledge, jobs, and finance that enhance their incomes and their economic opportunities for the future. This month, we’re celebrating four women in Africa and Latin America who are transforming their lives and communities.
A Coffee Farmer’s Journey to Gender Equality in Agriculture
Doris dreamed of being a coffee farmer, but living in a society with little gender equality in agriculture silenced her ambitions. Discover how Doris persevered to find her voice as a coffee farmer in Guatemala.
3 Successful Young Entrepreneurs Leading the Way in Their Communities
For nearly 60 years, TechnoServe has been working to provide youth with the business skills training, mentorship, access to finance, and market linkages to transform their lives and communities. Meet three of these inspirational young entrepreneurs.
Women in Coffee: Strengthening Economic and Social Participation in Central America
In Honduras and Guatemala, women coffee farmers are gaining the skills and confidence they need to actively participate in economic and social decision-making.
How Kitchen Gardens Are Advancing Food Security in Central America
Across coffee-growing communities in Guatemala and Honduras, more farmers are growing vegetables at home, right in their backyards. Through a TechnoServe project that supports smallholder families with seed kits and practical training, hundreds are starting and maintaining kitchen gardens that adapt to local microclimates, improve nutrition, and lower household food costs.
Meet 3 Inspiring Mothers Changing the World this Mother’s Day
Our monthly photo series highlights the beauty and emotion in the lives of our clients around the world. This month, we are featuring three women from three continents who exemplify what it means to be mothers, role models, and entrepreneurs.
Potencia tu Agroempresa (PTA)
Potencia tu Agroempresa is a two-year Business Accelerator initiative funded by the by Argidius Foundation, Barranquilla Chamber of Commerce, and Santo Domingo Foundation to boost Latin American Agri-food tech Start-ups and Small food processing businesses in Colombia, Guatemala, Argentina, Chile, and Mexico to enhance food security in the region through their success.
