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.
Revivamos Nuestro Café Marks Success in Reviving Puerto Rico’s Coffee Sector
After Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico’s coffee sector, Revivamos Nuestro Café helped restore production, train over 1,200 farmers, and plant 11 million trees. Stakeholders now celebrate its lasting impact.
How Women Coffee Farmers Lead Sustainable Coffee Farming in Peru
Meet Genith Apagueño Cahuaza, a coffee farmer who reconnected with her roots and is now a coffee farmer in Peru’s San Martín region. Her journey is a powerful story of choosing farming after having traveled other paths.
How Coffee Cooperatives Fight Poverty: The Duromina Story
Discover how a small group of Ethiopian farmers built an award-winning coffee cooperative that transformed their community from forgotten to flourishing.
Sustainable Farming Practices in Puerto Rico: Carlos Cordero’s Regenerative Coffee Journey
Meet Carlos Cordero, a smallholder coffee farmer and TechnoServe farmer trainer in Puerto Rico who is teaching other farmers in his community how to improve their coffee production.
TechnoServe Launches “Smart Duka 5.0” Initiative to Strengthen the Micro-Retail Sector in Kenya and Ethiopia
The new phase will bring the Smart Duka program to Ethiopia for the first time and support the National Duka Owners organization in Kenya.
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?
From Day Laborer to Leader: Inside a Thriving Nicaraguan Coffee Farm
Manuel Herrera saw early on how coffee could transform his life. His thriving coffee farm is helping Manuel build a better life for his family.
From South Africa’s Odd Jobs to Coffee Farming Success in Zimbabwe
Talent Sabani had left Zimbabwe to find work to support his young family. But he soon found surprising success in coffee farming closer to home.
