Coffee

As the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty approaches, we look at some of the less conventional ways TechnoServe and other organizations are ensuring that everyone can prosper.

National Coffee Day is celebrated in the United States each year on September 29. This year, learn how your daily cup of coffee can transform the lives and livelihoods of smallholder farmers around the world.

Today, Edilaine Alves is an award-winning coffee producer in Brazil. But her experience has not always been easy. Learn how Edilaine's journey as a woman in agriculture began.

Our monthly photo series highlights the beauty and emotion in the lives of our clients around the world. This month, we’re featuring photos taken by women farmers in Peru, as part of an initiative to document their lives and perspectives.

Doris dreamed of being a coffee farmer, but living in a society with little gender equality in agriculture silenced her ambitions. Discover how Doris persevered to find her voice as a coffee farmer in Guatemala.

In Honduras and Guatemala, women coffee farmers are gaining the skills and confidence they need to actively participate in economic and social decision-making.

TechnoServe recently released a landmark study on the benefits of regenerative coffee production. In this Q&A, two of the lead authors explain the key findings–and what they mean for coffee drinkers.

Meet Lilian Chajón Carías and her family, where love and labor intertwine in the heart of Guatemala's coffee country. Their inspiring journey reveals the power of family, resilience, and dreams for tomorrow.

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.

In 2012, Lubaba Mekonnen joined a TechnoServe program that supported coffee farmers in her community. We reconnected with Lubaba in 2020 and again in 2024 to see how her life changed in the decade since first joining the program.