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TechnoServe: Introducing Our Updated Vision and Mission
Today, we launch our 2011 Annual Report, where we share the first elements of our refreshed brand –the new vision and mission statements. Although the language is updated, the vision and mission reflect the spirit of TechnoServe throughout our 44 years.
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FEATURED EVENT: ‘Cracking the Nut’ on Public/Private Agricultural Investment
In its second year, the Cracking the Nut 2012 Conference, set for June 25-26 at the Enrique V. Iglesias Conference Center in Washington, D.C. has a narrow focus with broad implications: Leveraging public private partnerships to develop rural and agricultural markets.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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Partnering to Improve Food and Nutrition Security in Africa
Transforming poor people’s food and nutrition security is proving to be, as expected, a massive challenge. As we approach a slew of global meetings that will address this topic in the coming months, the German Marshall Fund (GMF) has released a new report that showcases the need for and complexities of multi-stakeholder partnerships in support of this goal in Africa.
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- Agriculture
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Social Entrepreneurship in Egypt: Challenges and Opportunities
High rates of youth unemployment across the Middle East and North Africa were a major catalyst for the Arab Spring revolutions. To help address this, the Development Marketplace is preparing for a country-level competition in Egypt early next year. The proposed DM competition will focus on social entrepreneurs with projects that have a strong impact on creating sustainable job opportunities, especially in the agricultural supply chain sector.
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- Agriculture, Social Enterprise
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In Guatemala, Alterna Aims to Harness Entrepreneurial Spirit
According to the 2009 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor report, Guatemala has the second highest rate of entrepreneurship worldwide. Since most enterprises develop out of necessity, there is a large gap in training and technical assistance. Launched in 2010, Alterna, an incubator and mentor to social and environmental ventures, aims to fill that gap.
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Outgrower Systems Hold Promise for Smallholder African Farmers
African agriculture is poised for a boom. Investors are buying large tracts of land as commodity prices rise and Africa’s business climate improves. But will this mean higher rural incomes and a better quality of life for smallholder farmers? A new joint report from IFAD and TechnoServe highlights the promise and challenges outgrower schemes.
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Building a Network to Scale Up Technical Assistance
Newly budding networks where high impact businesses are coming together to develop tools, strategies, and best practices for a wide variety of contexts across the developing world. Last month, the Grassroots Business Fund hosted a two-day management training workshop in Nairobi, Kenya to help existing GBF clients gain tangible management skills.
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New Techniques, Technology Helping Operation ASHA to Expand
Operation ASHA is a community-based program founded in the Delhi slums to fight the spread of antibiotic resistant TB strains by incentivizing counselors to closely monitor progress of patients and ensure they finish courses of DOTS. They have been growing at a dizzying pace with plans to expand to Cambodia, Morocco, Ghana, and Kenya.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment, Technology
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