This graduation season, as many young people finish school and begin to consider their next steps, entrepreneurship presents a promising opportunity. Seven entrepreneurs who made that leap share their challenges, biggest lessons, and advice for peers considering the same path.
The Nation reports on the launch of the three-year StreFaS program
Sustainable farming and market access are at the heart of a new partnership to transform agriculture
Through the SAY-WEE program, TechnoServe staff advised Nigerian university students
Project StreFaS is a three-year initiative funded by AGRA and Nestlé, aimed at supporting grain farmers and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria to access formal markets, enabling their integration into higher-value supply chains. By promoting regenerative agriculture, StreFaS strengthens the resilience of farmers and SMEs, improves farm productivity, and supports more sustainable grain production in Kaduna and Nasarawa State Nigeria.
The West African Fortified Parboiled Unpolished Rice (WAFPUR) Project is an initiative supported by the Rockefeller Foundation to improve nutrition and food security in Nigeria. By promoting the production and consumption of fortified parboiled unpolished rice (FPUR), the project seeks to address micronutrient deficiencies while creating economic opportunities for local rice processors.
In Ghana, Veronica Abrokwah is juggling life as a nurse and a smallholder tomato farmer and processor with support from TechnoServe.
Through entrepreneurship and inclusive business strategies, individuals like Melvina and Sadia are showing that poverty reduction through business is not only possible—it’s already happening.
Here are three of the most effective ways to reduce emissions at the small farm level, based on TechnoServe’s experience working with smallholder farmers around the world.
The Promoting Rice Fortification in Nigeria (PRiFN) Project is an initiative funded by the World Food Programme (WFP) to increase the adoption of rice fortification by rice millers and processors as well as to promote the consumption of fortified rice in Nigeria. The project aims to support the Nigerian…
