How to Achieve Climate-Smart Supply Chains that Benefit Farmers and Businesses
In an op-ed in Fortune, TechnoServe's Katarina Kahlmann shows how climate-resilient supply chains can benefit smalhholder farmers and global businesses.
Long-Term Dairy Partnership With Danone Helps Producers – and the Environment
A decade-long project in Mexico shows how climate-friendly practices make good business sense for small-scale producers
How Better Strawberries Improve Incomes for Mexican Farmers
COVID-19 was just the latest challenge for small-scale farmers in central Mexico. With limited technical knowledge and market connections, many have struggled for years to improve their incomes. José García Martínez was one of those farmers when he joined a TechnoServe program a year ago. Today, he is earning enough to provide security and better opportunities for his family—“a life-changing experience.”
Farmers Facing a New Kind of Crisis: How COVID-19 Has Broken Agricultural Value Chains
With the number of people facing life-threatening hunger in the world expected to double this year to 265 million, solutions addressing each link in the food system are essential. Drawing from TechnoServe's work across value chains with a range of public and private partners, we highlight the latest challenges, insights, and promising approaches in the current effort to prevent widespread food insecurity and build greater long-term resilience.
Mexican Strawberry Farmers Cultivate Success
Ramiro Silva has grown strawberries in central Mexico for over 20 years. But despite his many years of experience, he often struggled to control plant diseases and pests around the farm. He also sold through intermediaries, earning limited money from his crops. After joining a TechnoServe program, Ramiro gained the skills and connections he needed to improve his production and increase his income.
Fruit Producers in Mexico Build Resilience to COVID-19 Threats
The COVID-19 pandemic has created new challenges for fruit farmers in Mexico as they try to find markets for their produce amidst shutdowns and shifts in consumer behavior. TechnoServe is helping farmers like Eloy Castañón connect to formal buyers and earn better prices for their produce, ensuring resilience during an uncertain time.
Sweet Success: Growing Small Businesses in Mexico
Newmont and TechnoServe partnered to build the capacity of more than 300 entrepreneurs in rural Mexican communities.
Integrating Farmers into Corporate Supply Chains
A sustainable agriculture initiative in Mexico illustrates how partnerships can help smallholders connect to high-value markets.
A New Methodology for Teaching Finance
In Nicaragua, Iveth Juárez, a small business owner who processes and sells cereal to the local market, had attended seminars, workshops, courses and training sessions on accounting and finance. But at the end of each session, she always felt the same sense of confusion.
