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Winrock International implements a portfolio of more than 100 agriculture, environment and social development projects across 140 countries and 5 program areas. We have extensive on-the-ground experience in Asia, Africa and the Americas, and provide evidence-based solutions to some of the world’s most complex problems.
“Welcome What Will Change You as You Change the World!” – Interview with Winrock International Farmer-to-Farmer Volunteer Champion Dr. Onesimus Otieno
February 25, 2023|volunteer
As an organization committed to sustainable and equitable agriculture and rural development, the Winrock International Farmer-to-Farmer Program would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge and honor the significant contributions and impact that the Black Diaspora has had on the agriculture industry in the United States. For centuries, Black farmers, ranchers, and agricultural workers have […]
Covid-19 & Social Audits: What Have We Learnt?
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This paper examines the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on global supply chains, from a modern slavery perspective. It particularly focuses on how modern slavery has impacted the ability of companies to conduct social audits and reach workers within their supply chains. We consider the use of technology to overcome the disruption caused […]
Covid-19 & Social Audits: What Have We Learnt?
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This paper examines the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on global supply chains, from a modern slavery perspective. It particularly focuses on how modern slavery has impacted the ability of companies to conduct social audits and reach workers within their supply chains. We consider the use of technology to overcome the disruption caused […]
Malaysia’s Human Trafficking Routes: What the Collective Data Tells Us About Migrant Worker Exploitation
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In the mid-1980s, Malaysia signed agreements with Bangladesh, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand to provide for the recruitment of migrant workers in its construction and plantation sectors, and as domestic staff. Aggressive industrialization meant that, since the 1970s, the country had required more labour than was available domestically.
What Businesses Operating in Vietnam Can Do about Climate Risk
April 22, 2021|post
All companies with business operations or supply chains in Vietnam need to know that the country is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change — and need to be aware of the ways they can build resilience. Just last October, two mega-typhoons flooded communities, displaced families, and took lives in what is becoming an all too familiar […]
What Transformation Takes: Evidence of Responsible INGO Transitions to Locally Led Development Around the World
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The Climate Resilient Ecosystems and Livelihoods (CREL) project, which Winrock implemented in Bangladesh from 2012 to 2018, is featured in, What Transformation Takes: Evidence of Responsible INGO Transitions to Locally Led Development Around the World. The book, a compilation of 19 case studies, praises CREL’s co-management approach for transferring ownership and responsibility to the Bangladesh […]
What’s in a Game?
November 13, 2019|post
This article was originally published in USAID’s Climatelinks. In Ghana, a changing climate is affecting the production of cocoa, one of the country’s major cash crops and its second leading foreign exchange earner. USAID and Winrock International worked together to produce ECO Game: Northern Ghana to provide communities with a […]
What You May Not Know About Vietnam
March 11, 2019|post
As Asia’s newest tiger economy and host of the Trump-Kim Nuclear Summit on February 27-28, Vietnam has been the subject of amplified international attention recently. Yet the roar of press coverage about the country’s impressive post-war transformation has failed to highlight the example Vietnam has set for balancing economic development with climate goals. Since 2012, […]
Avoiding a Water Crisis: What’s Next for Cape Town – and Beyond?
April 17, 2018|post
Intense drought in South Africa’s Western Cape Province has led the world-renowned city of Cape Town to the brink of “Day Zero”— the date at which residents would be forced to collect strictly rationed water supplies from shared distribution taps. Water conservation efforts have so far prevented a massive water shutdown, but the city’s rapid population growth and reliance on […]