|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grantee: TechnoServe
August 10, 2010
This grant met or exceeded all of its overall program targets and remained on track to meet its overall goals.
Building momentum: Working closely with local governments and research institutions, TechnoServe created a solid team of agricultural trainers in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania whose sessions have been in high demand. Women make up 45 percent of the trainers and managers, which helps attract more women farmers to the trainings.
Farmers are benefiting: Farmers have increased their incomes more than anticipated thanks to strong demand among specialty buyers for their high-quality coffee. TechnoServe has worked with local banks to secure financing for smallholder coffee farmers to make investments on their farms.
Challenges encountered: Introducing the large number of new staff to TechnoServe’s culture, values, and process took more training than anticipated. The global financial crisis made it difficult for some farmers to access credit without loan guarantees by TechnoServe. TechnoServe’s goal of measuring the impact this grant is having on improving the health of farming families remains a challenge because of the prohibitively large sample sizes that would be required. Instead, TechnoServe will measure household expenditures on health.
Learn more about this grant to TechnoServe.
|
Goal: To help 182,000 farmers in East Africa sell more higher-quality coffee to premium markets, enabling them to double their coffee-related incomes and move their families out of poverty. |
|
Selected Objectives: |
 
Objective: Help ensure that farmers have access to wet mills where they can process high-quality coffee. Target: 180,000 farmers with access to wet mills by 2011.
|
 Objective: Provide assistance at wet mills and training for farmer-owners to ensure efficient wet-mill operation.
Target: 288 wet mills assisted and 10,000 metric tons of coffee washed by 2011. 
|
 
Objective: Train people in the art of “cupping,” or inspecting and tasting coffee to assess its quality, and ensure farmer access to cupping facilities. Target: 35 new cupping facilities by 2010.
|
 
Objective: Provide on-farm training to farmers on sustainable agronomy practices, including soil health and nutrition and managing pests and disease, to increase the productivity of their coffee trees while preserving the environment. Target: 20,000 farmers receiving agronomy advice by 2011. |
|
|
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa CARE Heifer International International Development Enterprises International Rice Research Institute TechnoServe, Inc. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|