The MAS Project: Sustainable Agricultural Improvement
The four-year Sustainable Agricultural Improvement project (Mejoramiento Agrícola Sostenible, or MAS, in Spanish) targeted small and medium-scale coffee and bean farmers in the central region of Honduras. Funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food for Progress program, the project supported the Honduran government's national development plan and agriculture sector strategy.
Q&A: How Anglo American is Creating Sustainable Value
Anglo American’s Christian Spano discusses the mining company’s development strategy and its successful partnership with TechnoServe on entrepreneurship programs.
Access to Finance for Central American Coffee Farmers
A new TechnoServe study points to a lack of financing options for smallholder coffee farmers in Central America, where a total of $1.5 billion is needed to replant farms that have been devastated by coffee leaf rust.
Case Study: Unlocking Credit for Haiti’s Smallholder Mango Producers
Loans secured through the Haiti Hope Project are helping mango farmers bring riper fruit to market.
Peruvian Women Produce Award-Winning Chocolate
A group of enterprising women from the Peruvian Amazon are turning the region's cocoa into high-quality products lauded by the global chocolate industry.
The Fruits of Women’s Empowerment
By Daniella De Franco and Isaac Gardner Like many women in Desvarieux, Haiti, Nadege Gabriel works hard to make ends meet. In a rural economy burdened by instability and poor market infrastructure, she struggles to maintain a steady income and worries about how to keep her young son…
The Future of Chocolate
As demand for cocoa outpaces supply, smallholder farmers hold the key to ensuring a sweet and sustainable future for chocolate.
The Overlooked Secret to Successful Small Businesses
What can the success of a small-town fishmonger teach us about the financing needs of entrepreneurs? Quite a bit, according to TechnoServe's Chile country director.
Five Years Later: How Haiti is Rebuilding
With help from TechnoServe and our partners, Haitians are creating inspiring success stories after a devastating earthquake.
