TechnoServe's Nicholas Mancus and Krishanu Chakravarty speak about opportunities for the West African cashew sector at the African Cashew Alliance Conference, September 20-21, 2021.
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.”
Paul Stewart, Global Coffee Director at TechnoServe, is featured in this story about TechnoServe's work with Partnerships for Forests, including the new publication "Ethiopia’s Forest Coffee: An Illustrated Guide".
In part one of this new three-part series, Crop to Cup, learn how farmers in East Africa play a role in the coffee that ends up in consumers’ cups around the world, no matter how you take your coffee. Look out for parts two and three, which cover processing and quality control.
After growing up watching his family grow coffee on their land in the Sidama region of Ethiopia, Amanuel Belay followed suit. But years of repetitive farming practices dulled his success. An environmentally sustainable TechnoServe program changed all that – and encouraged Amanuel to start helping other farmers.
TechnoServe integrates technology into many of our programs to reach more people and scale our impact around the world. Today we are sharing five things you might not know about how technology is fighting poverty in 2021.
TechnoServe's work in Benin with the CajùLab project is featured in this podcast segment for BBC Africa.
