Danone Ecosystem: How to Transform the Food System by Empowering Smallholder Farmers
On January 11, TechnoServe's Jonathan Barnow joins representatives from Danone, the IDB, and Mondelez to talk about inclusive food systems.
Agriculture
Middlemen Are the Invisible Links in African Agriculture
In highlighting the role of intermediaries in coffee value chains, The Economist talks to TechnoServe Global Coffee Director Paul Stewart.
How Climate-Smart Cashews Nourish Gender Equity and Environmental Sustainability
Climate change threatens to reshape our world, but its effects will not be distributed equally. Read more from Agrilinks.
How Does Quality Control in East Africa Help Bring Your Favorite Coffee From Crop to Cup? Part 3: Cupping
In the final installment of this three-part series, Crop to Cup, learn how coffee processing – cupping, in particular – in East Africa affects the taste of your coffee and the prices that farmers receive.
New Guide Highlights How Technology Can Improve Training of Smallholder Farmers
The guide outlines strategies for using digital tools to increase the effectiveness and scale of training for the world’s millions of unconnected farmers
Digitally Enabled Training for Unconnected Farmers
This guide outlines strategies for using digital tools to increase the effectiveness and scale of training for the world’s millions of unconnected farmers.
Creating Change Through Cocoa in Ghana: Q&A With Former Fellow Yash Mehta
Yash Mehta is a former TechnoServe Fellow who worked remotely in Ghana earlier this year, where he helped a cocoa processing company improve its business plan and support smallholder farmers to increase their yields and incomes. In this Q&A, Yash shares what his remote fellowship experience was like and how it positively impacted his career path.
Three Steps to Increased Productivity: Helping Farmers Build Better Farms in Mozambique
New ways to grow old crops helps Mozambican farmers improve their incomes – despite some difficult challenges. Read about the three steps Élio Herculano took to improve his cucumbers and his income.
Request for applications to evaluate cocoa project in Ghana
TechnoServe is accepting applications for an independent evaluation funded by the Commercial Agriculture for Smallholders and Agribusinesses Technical Assistance Facility (CASA TAF) on the impact of CASA TAF’s support to a cocoa sourcing company in Ghana. See details in the attached PDF.
