Peace Pays: Rebuilding Livelihoods in Northern Uganda
Joska Aweko’s life has been indelibly affected by conflict in northern Uganda. But peace has returned in recent years, and with it, the opportunity to rebuild.
Agriculture
Cotton Business Creates New Opportunities in Uganda
For farmers like Samuel Baale, chairman of Bulongo Farmer Business Group in eastern Uganda, cotton is vital to life. The area’s main cash crop, cotton helps pay for homes, provide food and send children to school. And the market for Samuel’s cotton comes from one major buyer: Mutuma Commercial Agencies…
Entrepreneur Launches Business to Protect Ecuador’s Orchids
Dayana Miranda, left, and her team at Floare sustainably collect, cultivate, reproduce and market orchids. Ecuador has some of the highest levels of biodiversity in the world, with a vast array of plant life that includes more than 4,000 orchid species. Yet in recent years, deforestation caused by large-scale…
Bridging the Gap: Unlocking Business Opportunities in Developing Countries
Even in the poorest of countries, business opportunities exist. People have demand for goods and services, and they have the potential to supply them. All too often, though, markets in these countries fail.
Improving Livelihoods Through Dairy: Women’s Empowerment in Tanzania
In the winter of 2012, I joined TechnoServe directly from a management consulting position in San Francisco. Four months and more than 100 stakeholder interviews later, what was once a side note on a scope of work now has great impact on how TechnoServe looks at dairy interventions.
From the Field: Going Bananas in Mozambique
Believe it or not, it has been more than two months since I arrived in Maputo.
Photo of the Week: Shifting to Better Markets in Tanzania
TechnoServe, with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development, has helped farmers in Tanzania to improve their production, form business groups and sell their produce in bulk.
Partnership Creates New Source of Income for Farmers in Brazil
In the south of the Brazilian state of Bahia, three organizations are uniting to implement an economic development project that is generating benefits for 60 farmers who live on settlements created after agrarian reform.
Sustainable Development: Working with TechnoServe, Coca-Cola and Others to Inspire Progress
I will never forget my first night in Kalawa village. As I sat down to a dimly lit meal of goat stew, a thousand thoughts raced through my head...
Creating Opportunities for Women Across the World
In honor of International Women’s Day, we share a story about an inspiring woman in Nicaragua who has found independence and self-sufficiency through farming.
