Ripe Opportunities in Rural Rwanda
Agriculture for Impact recently visited STRYDE participants in Northern Rwanda who are demonstrating that agriculture can improve livelihoods for youth.
Enhancing Sustainability and Increasing Coffee Incomes in Ethiopia’s Sidama Zone
Some of the highest quality coffee in the world comes from the Sidama Zone of Ethiopia, produced primarily by 200,000 smallholder farming families, most of whom continue to live in poverty due to small farm sizes and low productivity.
Improving Efficiency in the Food System in Kenya
Reducing food loss can help to increase the amount of food that reaches market, helping to make the food system more sustainable. TechnoServe is working with The Rockefeller Foundation in Kenya to minimize food loss in the mango value chain.
Mobile Training for Rural Farmers
With large rural populations in Africa, it can be difficult to reach farmers for training and traveling to training can be costly and time consuming for farmers. The Mobile Training Unit project is an innovative agricultural extension training approach, which allows for large groups of smallholder farmers to receive audio and visual training lessons in rural areas.
How the World’s Largest Companies Can Help Africa’s Farmers
TechnoServe's Dickson Mbando offers insight into win-win scenarios that benefit both farmers and the private sector.
Transforming Harvest Season in Ethiopia
An innovative approach to coffee production in the Sidama region is helping smallholder farmers improve their livelihoods while setting an example of environmental sustainability.
Improving Potato and Tomato Yields in Kenya
TechnoServe, in partnership with Syngenta, is working to increase productivity and improve the market for these crops through Mavuno Zaidi.
Reducing Losses in the Mango Value Chain
Post-harvest losses in the value chain reduce incomes for mango farmers in Kenya. TechnoServe in partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation launched a pilot project in July of 2015 to address key areas where post-harvest losses can be reduced.
Increasing Women’s Access to Savings and Banking Services
Business Women Connect was born out of research showing that micro-savings products are one of the most impactful tools for women entrepreneurs to access in order to grow their businesses.
Revitalizing South Sudan’s Coffee Industry
TechnoServe, Nespresso and South Sudan have partnered to revitalize the country’s coffee industry, aiming to triple coffee incomes and improve household resilience.
