Southern Africa

The Guardian highlights TechnoServe’s innovative work with smallholder farmers and explores the role of for-profit companies in supporting agriculture in the developing world.

TechnoServe’s effort to connect Malawian farmers with agricultural innovators in India offers a unique model for South-South cooperation.

Taking a holistic market system approach, TechnoServe is helping to transform the Mozambican cashew industry and improve the livelihoods of thousands of small-scale farmers and cashew processors.

Kyle Burr describes his experience working with TechnoServe in Swaziland to improve the livelihoods of vulnerable households.

In the village of Inhacoongo, where agriculture is a time-honored way of life, TechnoServe is working with farmers to build a dynamic rural economy.

Achissalia Alifa found her first formal job in 2010. The 35-year-old mother of five was part of the first team recruited to work at the tree nursery of the Green Resources forestry company in Mozambique’s Nampula province. Through her job, Achissalia has learned technical skills around planting and…

A farm can change lives at a household level. A business can improve a community. But having a real impact on the lives of significant numbers of families requires change at the industry level.

Smallholder farmers in the developing world face considerable challenges that keep many of them locked in poverty. Mobile technologies have the potential to transform the rural economy facing impoverished small farmers.

CEO of Yalelo Ltd and former volunteer consultant Bryan McCoy shares with us about his time in Swaziland and Tanzania.

Former volunteer consultant Sara Andrews chats with us about her time in Zimbabwe and the company it inspired, Bumbleroot.