Connecting Technical Expertise Online – A Sweet Recipe for Fighting Food Insecurity
Continents apart, a bakery owner in Kenya and a food scientist in Minnesota team up to develop delicious new products that boost nutrition for local communities.
How to Forge the Missing Link in Africa’s Agricultural Chain: Food Processing
In an op-ed for Business Fights Poverty, TechnoServe's Kindra Halvorson discusses how strong food processing businesses are key to improving Africa's agricultural sector, with the potential to increase the incomes of local farmers, create formal jobs, and increase the availability of affordable, safe, and nutritious food for the region’s consumers.
Pan-African Youth Entrepreneur Development (PAYED)
The Pan-African Youth Entrepreneur Development (PAYED) program will provide training and tailored advisory support 600 young entrepreneurs in Kenya, Nigeria, and Côte d’Ivoire to develop opportunities in the micro-retail sector.
Fortifying Africa for Future Generations
Industry, government, and civil leaders gathered in Nairobi, Kenya to launch a joint initiative to build healthier economies and communities through food fortification
Time to Get Comfortable with Complexity: Insights from TechnoServe’s East Africa Coffee Initiative
This post by Business Fights Poverty explores key insights from the Harvard Kennedy School's report on TechnoServe’s East Africa Coffee Initiative.
“Seeing is Believing” for Rural Farming Communities
Peter Rotich, a maize farmer in Kenya, demonstrates a sustainable model for increasing rural smallholders’ access to mechanized services and best agricultural practices.
Building Healthier Businesses and Communities through Food Fortification
Food processing businesses are working to end hunger by increasing their capacity to provide quality, nutritious fortified foods for local communities.
Turning Cycles of Poverty into Cycles of Prosperity with Seeds
TechnoServe seed projects offer simple solutions to the barriers women face when adopting best practices and offer inclusive growth for farming communities.
Strengthening African Processors of Fortified Foods
“Hidden hunger” is a form of undernutrition affecting millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa. Food fortification is a cost-effective strategy for addressing hidden hunger, helping people to access the nutrition they need.
How to Grow a Healthy Mango
As farmers from South Asia to East Africa to Latin America can attest, there is a lot of know-how and hard work behind those sweet and juicy fruits.
