Women in Recycling: Driving Arequipa’s Circular Economy
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.
Innovation Spotlight: How Biofertilizers Help Farmers Increase Yields at Lower Cost
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.
Measuring the Environmental Impact of Development Programs: An Earth Day Q&A
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.
Economic Development in the Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon is critical to our climate and planetary health. How can economic development there support people and the planet?
What is Women’s Economic Empowerment? 4 Barriers and Solutions
TechnoServe helps hardworking women around the world to overcome economic barriers and improve their lives.
Top Women’s Economic Empowerment Stories
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.
Building a Legacy of Women’s Leadership in Rural Peru
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.
TechnoServe’s Year in Review: 10 Moments That Shaped 2025
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.
TechnoServe, BID Lab, and Argidius launch initiative to boost startups that support smallholder farmers in Central America and Colombia
The VerdeXcelerate program will strengthen startups that are developing innovative tools to tackle the productivity, sustainability, and market access challenges faced by thousands of small and medium-scale farmers in six countries across the region.
TechnoServe, BID Lab y Argidius lanzan iniciativa para impulsar startups que fortalezcan a pequeños productores en Centroamérica y Colombia
El programa VerdeXcelerate fortalecerá startups que desarrollan herramientas innovadoras para enfrentar los desafíos de productividad, sostenibilidad y acceso a mercados que afectan a miles de pequeños y medianos productores agrícolas en seis países de la región.
