African agriculture is poised for a boom. But will increased investor and business activity translate into higher rural incomes and a better quality of life for Africa’s smallholder farmers?
The town of Nagarote, Nicaragua is known as the birthplace of quesillos, a cheese served with tortillas, onions and sour cream. Quesillos is one of Nicaragua’s signature dishes – and few make it better than Fernando Roa, owner of Quesillos Gourmet Mi Finca.
A TechnoServe staffer writes about her experience at a TechnoServe training workshop for cotton farmers in Swaziland.
Before receiving support from TechnoServe, Nidia Yescas cooked on a metal drum cut in half over a wood fire. Her kitchen lacked electricity, water and other essentials. When Nidia Yescas lost her husband, she faced an uncertain future. Her family’s livelihood was its plantain farm in Rivas, a rural town…
In Honduras, TechnoServe has helped the farmers of the APRHOFI cooperative improve their production techniques and connect to new markets.
When setting out to design a basic finance course that could be useful across the myriad programs TechnoServe executes, we decided to try something a little different than the traditional workshop model.
In just two years, Jemima Akusika Hansen has risen from a part-time data entry clerk to the head of human resources at a cashew factory in Ghana. Her progress demonstrates how the cashew industry can create new opportunities for thousands of women in West Africa.
In keeping with the International Women’s Day theme, we’d like to share a story about a remarkable Chilean businesswoman who is helping to improve her community.
Mozambicans love their chicken. But in 2005, there was a good chance that the galinha found in Mozambique supermarkets was imported illegally after sitting in Middle Eastern supermarkets for a year or more.
With targeted support, an artisan in Guatemala crafts a unique woodworking enterprise.
