Mrs. Martha: Love, Life, and Coffee in Nicaragua
TechnoServe’s Angelica Cubas Pérez visits a farmer in Nicaragua. This is the story that unfolded over lunch.
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From Nicaragua to Denmark: Don Alfonso Sees Chocolate Success Abroad but Faces Climate Change Challenges at Home
A cacao farmer in Nicaragua reaches the global stage as his chocolate rolls off a conveyor belt in Denmark. But not everything goes as planned. It isn’t long before climate change tests his resilience.
In Nicaragua, Helping Farmers Build Resilience to Climate Threats
Over the years, Rosa Gonzales has seen firsthand how climate change has impacted her small farm. After joining a TechnoServe program, she learned techniques to improve her resilience to climate threats and is now transforming her old banana trees into new opportunities for her farm and family.
In Nicaragua, Helping Farmers Build Resilience to Climate Threats
Over the years, Rosa Gonzales has seen firsthand how climate change has impacted her small farm. After joining a TechnoServe program, she learned techniques to improve her resilience to climate threats and is now transforming her old banana trees into new opportunities for her farm and family.
Meet the Woman Entrepreneur Investing in Social Impact
Idalia Medina grew up with the heart of an entrepreneur. As an adult, she merged her love for farming with business and started processing and exporting cheese. But, with no formal business training, Idalia was overwhelmed. Using the skills she gained from TechnoServe’s training, she transformed her enterprise and grew sales by nearly 20%, also allowing her to invest in the long-term success of her employees.
In Nicaragua, Farmers are Working to Make Cattle Ranching Sustainable
Through the ResCA program, cattle ranchers in Nicaragua are learning techniques to improve resilience to climate threats.
Cultivating a Collaborative Coffee Culture in Central America
TechnoServe promoted a new culture of collaboration and learning across the coffee sector, from testing and evaluating new techniques in rural communities to engaging government and private stakeholders to share data, strengthening the industry as a whole.
Female Workforces Can Revolutionize Latin American Business. Here’s How.
In an article for the World Economic Forum, TechnoServe's Program Director for Central America Entrepreneurship discusses ways to engage entrepreneurs in practices that not only benefit women workeres and suppliers, but help solve some of the most common issues facing small and medium businesses.
Better Data and a Better Future for Women in Coffee
Olga Velasquez is TechnoServe’s Monitoring and Evaluation Manager for the Better Coffee Harvests Program in Central America. For International Women’s Day, we talked with her about her experience as a woman at TechnoServe, and why good data is important for creating stronger, more gender-inclusive coffee economies.
Got Milk? An Unexpected Change-Maker in the Fight Against Poverty
It’s World Milk Day, and we at TechnoServe want to celebrate the important role that dairy animals and products can play in lifting communities out of poverty.
