Nicaragua

Through the ResCA program, cattle ranchers in Nicaragua are learning techniques to improve resilience to climate threats.

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.

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.

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.

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.

TechnoServe’s Country Director in Nicaragua shares important lessons learned from our work creating inclusive and productive coffee value chains in Central America.

A newly released report by Emory University and TechnoServe shows that carefully designed accelerator programs can facilitate revenue growth.

How the GANE project helped small-scale farmers in Nicaragua build a more competitive and inclusive livestock sector.

In the four years since her father passed away, Ana Gabriela Méndez has been able to position the family business as a leading supplier in Nicaragua’s male-dominated construction industry.

TechnoServe and Cargill are innovating in the sorghum sector by developing improved seeds and supporting Cargill’s sorghum suppliers.