Africa’s Farmers Need Climate Finance. The Private Sector Must Step Up.
Writing for Business Fights Poverty, TechnoServe CEO William Warshauer calls for greater investment to help smallholder farmers adapt to climate change
Partnership for Central America Convenes Key Stakeholders to Discuss Disaster Risk Insurance at Scale for Small Farmers
October 4, 2022 -—The Partnership for Central America (PCA) in collaboration with the World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Bank, with strategic support from TechnoServe, convened a working session to discuss the provision of Disaster Risk Insurance (DRI) at scale for small farmers and other vulnerable…
There’s Cash in Cashews
The Financial Mail highlights the work of TechnoServe's Prosper Cashew project to support processing in West Africa
Prosper Cashew Convenes Industry Stakeholders to Transform Cashew Processing in Nigeria
The project, funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food for Progress (FFPr) and implemented by TechnoServe, gathered key industry players in Abuja today
Innovative, Low-Tech Solution to Treat Coffee Wastewater Accepted within Rainforest Alliance Standards
The use of vetiver-grass filtration has been championed by the CAFE project as a cost-effective way to treat coffee wastewater in Peru
New Comprehensive Strategy Aims to Quadruple Ethiopia’s Coffee Revenue by 2033
The strategy presented by the Ethiopian Coffee & Tea Authority would also increase farmer incomes more than five-fold and create 2.7 million jobs
A Guide to South Sudan’s Coffee Sector
Despite it's potential to grow high-quality arabica coffee, South Sudan's coffee sector has been devastated by ongoing conflict. TechnoServe, in partnership with Nespresso, has been working with the country's smallholder coffee farmers to revitalize the sector since 2011.
Building Farmers’ Resilience to the Fertilizer Crisis in Peru
Facing synthetic fertilizer shortages and price hikes due to the conflict in Ukraine, farmers in Peru are quickly turning to alternatives. Programs like CAFE can support alternative fertilizer adoption through supporting local businesses and stakeholders, encouraging reduction, not elimination, of fertilizer use; and presenting alternatives that benefit both farmers and the environment
Responsible Beauty: How P&G is Using Guar
This article on 3BL Media describes P&G Beauty's partnership with TechnoServe and Solvay to support farmers in arid regions of India
The Gorilla Coffee Alliance on Revitalising Coffee Production in the DRC
Global Coffee Report profiles the Gorilla Coffee Alliance's regenerative agriculture approach
