TechnoServe to Boost Farmer Incomes Through Development of Soy Industry | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

WASHINGTON -- TechnoServe is helping to grow the incomes of tens of thousands of small-scale farmers in southern Africa by promoting the development of a local soy industry, through a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

The four-year, $8-million grant will fund activities in Mozambique and Zambia, where TechnoServe is working to expand soy production by smallholder farmers and connect them to buyers for their crops. Within four years, TechnoServe expects that soy will boost the annual incomes of 37,000 farming households by an average of $200 a year.

To read the full press release, visit the Tecnoserve web site.