Applying the Flipped Classroom Model to Agriculture and Entrepreneurship Training
Can an innovative approach to teaching school students also transform how we train entrepreneurs and smallholder farmers around the world?
Guatemala
How Climate Change Impacts Farmers in Central America
In Guatemala, shifting weather patterns and increased natural disasters are creating additional challenges for smallholder produce farmers like Manuel Guarcas Batzibal. TechnoServe is working with these farmers to boost their climate resilience while also addressing challenges related to high production costs, price volatility, and informal market connections.
Avocado: A Driver of Sustainable Agriculture? Ask These Farmers in Guatemala
As international demand for avocado has increased, more farmers have started to clear forested areas to plant additional avocado trees. In Guatemala, TechnoServe is helping farmers improve their harvests and access higher-value markets while continuing to protect nearby forests.
Coffee Consumer Spotlight: Guatemalan Coffee
In the next part of our consumer spotlight series, we are highlighting the unique profile of Guatemalan coffee.
What Goes Into Your Coffee? Better Incomes for Farmers
In part one of our weeklong series, we highlight the ways that training and market connections have created lasting income improvements for small coffee farmers around the world.
What Does it Look Like to Build a More Sustainable Future for Guatemala’s Coffee Farmers?
In the face of increasingly dynamic and challenging coffee production, small farmers in Guatemala are training to boost their skills and improve their yields and coffee incomes.
Training to Transform the Future of Coffee in Guatemala
In honor of Coffee Day, we are celebrating the stories of farmers like Blanca Rosa, who helped her community to overcome leaf rust and to create more profitable and sustainable coffee livelihoods.
Key Insights to Create Change in Central America’s Coffee Sector
TechnoServe’s Country Director in Nicaragua shares important lessons learned from our work creating inclusive and productive coffee value chains in Central America.
Accelerating Impact for Entrepreneurs
A newly released report by Emory University and TechnoServe shows that carefully designed accelerator programs can facilitate revenue growth.
Stories From The Field: Rene Reinsberg, TechnoServe Fellow, in Guatemala
Rene Reinsberg, a TechnoServe Fellow, supports local entrepreneurs in Guatemala. At the time, my wife Lisa, a human rights lawyer, was offered a Fulbright fellowship and we decided to move to Latin America for one year. I had been structuring hybrid bonds and derivatives at Morgan Stanley in London,…
