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
How Grassroots Savings-and-Credit Unions Can Improve Access to Finance for Rural Women
Celebrate International Day of Rural Women on October 15 with this read from Agrilinks which highlights the Coffee Alliance for Excellence (CAFE) initiative, implemented by TechnoServe and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), with support from Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE) and designed to improve the livelihoods of coffee-farming families in Peru.
TechnoServe’s Christoph Weigl Speaks at the Planet Labs Explore conference
TechnoServe's Christoph Weigl joins the University of Minnesota's Dr. Zhenong Jin and Rahul Gosh to speak about remote mapping Benin's cashew farms at the Planet Labs Explore conference on October 12, 2021.
TechnoServe’s Nicholas Mancus and Krishanu Chakravarty Speak at the African Cashew Alliance Conference
TechnoServe's Nicholas Mancus and Krishanu Chakravarty speak about opportunities for the West African cashew sector at the African Cashew Alliance Conference, September 20-21, 2021.
Ethiopia’s Forest Coffee Guide Unburies Country’s Hidden Coffee Treasures
Paul Stewart, Global Coffee Director at TechnoServe, is featured in this story about TechnoServe's work with Partnerships for Forests, including the new publication "Ethiopia’s Forest Coffee: An Illustrated Guide".
At the Heart of the News
TechnoServe's work in Benin with the CajùLab project is featured in this podcast segment for BBC Africa.
TechnoServe Releases Ethiopian Arabica Coffee Guide to Promote Forest Conservation
TechnoServe's new forest coffee guide, titled: "Ethiopia's Forest Coffee: An Illustrated Guide", features stories, interactive maps, and photographs as highlighted in this Global Coffee Report article.
Ethiopia’s Forest Coffee Initiative Seeks to Protect and Promote
Daily Coffee News covers TechnoServe's conservation work in East Africa by featuring our new, free 70-page guidebook called Ethiopia’s Forest Coffee: An Illustrated Guide, along with an interactive online map.
How a Global Alliance for Inclusive and Nutritious Food Processing Improves Food Safety
This article, published by Agrilinks, details the Alliance for Inclusive and Nutritious Food Processing (AINFP)—a partnership between USAID, TechnoServe and Partners in Food Solutions (PFS) that aims to create a more competitive food-processing sector in Africa—and shows how partnerships with local food processing businesses can help them improve food safety, even amid an unprecedented pandemic.
Empowering Women in Ethiopia’s Coffee Sector
This piece in The Borgen Project Magazine features ways in which international nonprofits are working towards female empowerment in Ethiopia, including the “AAA Sustainable Quality” training program, a joint venture between Nespresso and Technoserve, which works with smallholder coffee farmers to become more sustainable and profitable.
