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Inspiring women in agriculture: A Havener-Dowswell Scholarship story
November 25, 2024
In the heart of Guinea, recent graduate Mariame Sekou Touré is paving the way for sustainable development and inspiring women in agriculture. At 36, she has already made significant strides as an agricultural engineer, dedicating her career to transforming the lives of farmers through knowledge-sharing and practical support. Her journey into agriculture began at a […]
Meet the Wallace Center’s Arkansas Food Systems Fellows
October 23, 2024
The Wallace Center’s Food Systems Leadership Network is thrilled to announce the 2024 Arkansas Food Systems Fellowship cohort. The Arkansas Food Systems Fellowship supports a diverse cohort of 24 Arkansan leaders with training and technical assistance to understand the context and systems they are working in, and to provide the resources needed to shift those […]
Silent heroes: Partnering with informal waste collectors to reduce plastic pollution
October 14, 2024
Each day, massive amounts of plastic waste continue to be generated in cities across Vietnam. With 1.8 million tons of plastic discarded annually, the recycling rate of just 27% feels alarmingly inadequate. Each year, between 280,000 and 730,000 tons of plastic waste end up in the ocean — equivalent to the weight of about 2,000 […]
Sustainable agri-radio programming: Reaching farmers with information about climate-resilient agriculture
August 27, 2024
Radio is one of the most widely used information and communication technology tools used to disseminate agricultural information and services to smallholder producers in low-income countries. Radio is widely accessible by the majority of farmers, both men and women, and can be used not only to provide technical, market and climate information, but also to […]
James Yekeh’s three takeaways from Winrock’s 10+ years of building successful long-term partnerships to combat child labor in Liberia
June 10, 2024
Winrock International has implemented over 14 child labor prevention projects in more than 34 countries since 2002, impacting and reaching over 134,000 households, and effectively removing and preventing almost 75,000 children from exploitive and hazardous child labor. Winrock’s integrated development approaches address livelihoods, food security, education, community engagement, and leadership and capacity development. On World […]
United against child labor: How local child protection committees and cocoa co-ops are collaborating to combat child labor in Ghana’s Ashanti Region
June 7, 2024
Adansi South District is one of the 43 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It’s a hilly district with a semi-equatorial climate. The capital, New Edubiase, lies upon the Kumasi-Cape Coast Highway, and agriculture dominates the local economy. Cocoa is the main crop, with rice, oil palm, cassava, plantain, coconut […]
“It is my calling.”
May 24, 2024
There are many different types of volunteering, from donating money, to assisting in emergency situations, or volunteering one’s time. Current studies indicate that volunteering has a positive impact on volunteers’ levels of happiness as well as their career opportunities. According to a Corporation for National and Community Service report, people who volunteer on a regular […]
How the USAID Reducing Pollution project fosters collective action to tackle plastic waste in Vietnam
April 19, 2024
By: Hanh Nguyen, USAID Reducing Pollution project. The USAID Reducing Pollution project team is working on a five-year project to support locally-driven initiatives that substantially reduce environmental pollution in Vietnam through a collective impact approach. The project is helping to build the capacity of government, local nongovernmental organizations and private sector partners to prevent, mitigate […]
The Climate Q&A with… Indira Nurtanti: Cultivating partnerships and community action to protect peatlands
April 12, 2024
Indira Nurtanti is Winrock International’s Indonesia country director. Based in Jakarta, she is an expert in private sector engagement, building public-private partnerships, and developing new market access for sustainable livelihoods projects. She has experience in best practices development for land-use based enterprises; managing renewable energy and energy efficiency projects; community-based climate change and forestry programs; […]
Coordination of pluralistic agriculture extension and advisory services in Senegal
April 5, 2024
This post was written by Winrock International’s Soniia David, project director of the USAID Enabling Farmers for Agricultural Transition project with Alphousseyni Diallo, EFAT Senegal country director; Nar Gade Alé Diang, EFAT extension and advisory services specialist; and Assane Sow, EFAT monitoring, evaluation and learning specialist. Agricultural extension and advisory services (EAS) provided by multiple […]