Peru

In Peru, recycling is a way to address an urgent environmental issue and an opportunity to build an inclusive circular economy that creates new economic opportunities for women and youth.

Smallholder farmers around the world are turning to fertilizers that leverage helpful microorganisms to boost the profitability of their land. Learn more about biofertilizers and how TechnoServe is helping farmers to adopt this green technology.

In 2024, TechnoServe programs mitigated 126,000 tons of CO₂e and supported regenerative practices across 189,000 hectares of land—numbers set to grow in the years ahead. To unpack how and why TechnoServe measures these impacts, we spoke with Inés Suaya, senior specialist for climate impact.

The Amazon is critical to our climate and planetary health. How can economic development there support people and the planet?

TechnoServe helps hardworking women around the world to overcome economic barriers and improve their lives.

We’re taking a look back at some of our favorite stories of women’s empowerment and resilience in the face of gender-based challenges.

In Peru's San Martín region, coffee farmer Layit Vargas Tello learned skills that helped her transform from a quiet participant in her coffee cooperative to a leader in her community.

In 2025, TechnoServe navigated challenges, launched exciting new initiatives, published cutting-edge research, and helped entrepreneurial people around the world create economic opportunity. Here are 10 milestone moments that marked the year at TechnoServe.

Meet Genith Apagueño Cahuaza, a coffee farmer who reconnected with her roots and is now a coffee farmer in Peru’s San Martín region. Her journey is a powerful story of choosing farming after having traveled other paths.

Soil is the foundation of our food supply, rural economies, and even our planetary health. Ahead of World Soil Day, find out how farmers and communities across Africa, India, and Latin America are working to restore this precious resource.