3 Big Ways to Reduce Small Farm Emissions
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.
Maximizing Coffee Washing Station Profits: Results from Field Experiments
For AFCA 2025, TechnoServe shares research and guidelines for improving coffee cup quality and wet mill profitability.
Women in Agriculture: How an Ethiopian Coffee Farmer is Redefining Success
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.
Sustainable Coffee Supply Chains: How Technology is Helping Kenyan Cooperatives Navigate the EU Deforestation Regulation
Cooperative leaders like Nelson Kimani have a clear job: improving the incomes and livelihoods of their member farmers. So when the chairman of the New Murarandia Farmers’ Cooperative Society in Murang’a County, Kenya, heard about the new European deforestation regulations, he wondered how they would impact the cooperative…
Photo Essay: Nurturing Coffee, Family, and Future in Guatemala’s Mountains
Meet Hermelinda, a coffee grower who has created a full life in the Western Highlands of Guatemala, where three generations of her family now gather.
Empowered Women Learn New Skills to Transform their Role in the Guatemalan Coffee Sector
TechnoServe is helping rural women access tools for pulping and drying coffee, processes that improve coffee quality and facilitate women's advancement in the value chain.
A Burden Lifted: How Coffee Pulpers Are Transforming Zimbabwe’s Farming Future
What if coffee farmers in Zimbabwe could process their beans in less time with less effort? Would this increase the quality of their product and, thereby, their income? Thanks to partnerships with TechnoServe and Nespresso, a group of farmers is finding out.
TechnoServe’s Year in Review: 14 Milestone Moments
As 2024 draws to a close, let’s take a moment to celebrate the milestone moments that you helped make possible through your support. Thanks to you, our work has made a real, tangible difference in millions of lives. 1. As TechnoServe’s Coffee Alliance for Excellence…
From Bank to Bean: Strengthening Access to Finance in Rwanda’s Coffee Sector
In Rwanda, coffee is a primary export product, with nearly 22,000 metric tons of coffee exported each year from nearly 300 coffee washing stations (CWS) and more than 400,000 coffee farmers.
Sustainable Coffee Farming: How Top Working is Shaping the Future of Coffee in Guatemala
Discover how regenerative coffee farming is transforming Guatemala’s coffee industry through TechnoServe’s CaféTec program. With sustainable techniques like Top Working, smallholder farmers can boost coffee yields, improve soil health, and strengthen resilience to climate change—all without disrupting production. Learn how these practices are helping Guatemala’s coffee sector thrive in the context of environmental challenges and economic pressures.
