Time to Get Comfortable with Complexity: Insights from TechnoServe’s East Africa Coffee Initiative
This post by Business Fights Poverty explores key insights from the Harvard Kennedy School's report on TechnoServe’s East Africa Coffee Initiative.
“Seeing is Believing” for Rural Farming Communities
Peter Rotich, a maize farmer in Kenya, demonstrates a sustainable model for increasing rural smallholders’ access to mechanized services and best agricultural practices.
Building Healthier Businesses and Communities through Food Fortification
Food processing businesses are working to end hunger by increasing their capacity to provide quality, nutritious fortified foods for local communities.
TechnoServe’s East Africa Coffee Initiative: An Example of System Leadership in Practice
This case study by the Harvard Kennedy School reviews the ability of TechnoServe’s East Africa Coffee Initiative to achieve inclusive and sustainable growth by aligning the incentives of various stakeholders and building their capabilities to accelerate and scale progress.
Clean Water for Coffee Communities
In Sidama, Ethiopia, communities rely on rivers to both process their coffee and provide for their families. The Water Wise project introduced a simple solution to keep rivers productive and clean for coffee economies.
Learning from Women’s Savings Strategies in Tanzania
Participants in TechnoServe's Business Women Connect program are helping to shape the development sector's strategies around the roles that mobile savings and business trainings play in women's empowerment.
Turning Cycles of Poverty into Cycles of Prosperity with Seeds
TechnoServe seed projects offer simple solutions to the barriers women face when adopting best practices and offer inclusive growth for farming communities.
Strengthening African Processors of Fortified Foods
“Hidden hunger” is a form of undernutrition affecting millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa. Food fortification is a cost-effective strategy for addressing hidden hunger, helping people to access the nutrition they need.
Growing a Community from Coffee Trees
In Agaro, Ethiopia, coffee farmers and processors are learning best practices, increasing incomes and paying it forward to their communities.
How to Grow a Healthy Mango
As farmers from South Asia to East Africa to Latin America can attest, there is a lot of know-how and hard work behind those sweet and juicy fruits.
