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Marine ecosystems sustain livelihoods and biodiversity in Kenya. Learn how seagrass conservation is helping coastal communities thrive.

Are you an informed global citizen? Test your knowledge of current events this week with TechnoServe’s January 2025 world news quiz.

They spent last year immersed in a different culture, searching for business solutions that will restore ecosystems, protect nature, and ultimately create prosperous livelihoods. Meet the first cohort of Rachel Hines Fellows.

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…

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.

In this post, we’ll explore the food system’s essential components, its challenges, and how innovative solutions can shape a more sustainable future.

The coming year promises to be an important one for the fight against poverty. We asked TechnoServe leaders around the globe to tell us what they are looking forward to in 2025.

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.

At TechnoServe, women’s economic empowerment starts small—with individuals and families—before rippling through communities and markets. This transformation often begins with someone like Lludy Bartra, a family trainer in Peru who has dedicated her life to changing the reality of women in the coffee value chain.

In Guatemala, women entrepreneurs like Yara Tobar are gaining the confidence, skills, and connections they need to build successful, profitable businesses.