Latin America and the Caribbean

This year, TechnoServe worked with thousands of small-scale farmers and business owners to overcome challenges, find creative solutions, and build lasting change for themselves, their families, and their broader communities. Check out TechnoServe’s top five stories of 2024, then explore other content on the TechnoServe blog.

Discover how regenerative coffee farming is transforming Guatemala’s coffee industry through TechnoServe’s CaféTec program. With sustainable techniques like Top Working, smallholder farmers can boost coffee yields, improve soil health, and strengthen resilience to climate change—all without disrupting production. Learn how these practices are helping Guatemala’s coffee sector thrive in the context of environmental challenges and economic pressures.

Learn how climate change affects women more than men in five key ways. Our expert analysis explains the gendered impacts of climate change and what we can do about it.

As the United Nations Biodiversity Conference takes place in Colombia, two TechnoServe leaders discuss how nature supports the livelihoods of farmers.

In a region of Mexico where the plains meet the mountains, the land teems with life. Agriculture is embedded in the very fabric of life. Smallholder farmers here benefit from the area’s rich, high-quality soil, but earning a living off of the…

Empowering women is one of the most effective ways to fight poverty. However, in agricultural supply chains like coffee, women face significant cultural and structural barriers. They often lack access to critical resources such as land, finance, and education—key tools for participating fully in the economy and contributing…