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Strengthening the Capacity of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Tajikistan: A Market Driven and Locally Led Private Sector Approach
May 26, 2023
The USAID-funded Agribusiness Competitiveness Activity in Tajikistan (ACAT), led by Winrock, in partnership with Making Cents International, uses a market-driven and local private sector approach to stimulate economic growth, increase employment and improve livelihoods by enhancing the competitiveness and strengthening the capacity of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in agribusiness focusing primarily on the […]
Using Collaboration, Learning and Adaptation (CLA) for Mainstreaming Locally Led Solutions for Natural Resource Management and Conflict Prevention in Niger
May 26, 2023
USAID’s Collaboration, Learning and Adaptation (CLA) is a set of practices that integrate strategic collaboration, continuous learning, and adaptive management throughout the project cycle to help ensure programs are well coordinated with others, are evidence-based and iteratively adapt to remain relevant. It is important to use CLA holistically by connecting the enabling organizational conditions (culture, […]
CLA drives local ownership through market systems strengthening in Nepal
May 26, 2023
USAID’s Collaboration, Learning and Adaptation (CLA) is a set of practices that integrate strategic collaboration, continuous learning, and adaptive management throughout the project cycle to help ensure programs are well coordinated with others, are evidence-based and iteratively adapt to remain relevant. It is important to use CLA holistically by connecting the enabling organizational conditions (culture, […]
Transitioning to Locally Led through Strengthening Capacity of local NGOs in Bangladesh
May 26, 2023
Winrock invests in locally led development by using a variety of approaches to shift decision-making, power and resources to local partners and actors who understand the contexts of the development challenges we aim to address together. There is not a one-size-fits-all approach but multiple ways to use different processes and tools. Whether it is mutually […]
Investing in Earth with organic agriculture, locally
May 25, 2023
Meredith Martin-Moats, a local food advocate and farmer from Yell County, Arkansas, who raises mealworms and flowers, hopped in her car in Harkey Valley and drove 20 minutes south to the Yell County Extension Office for a workshop on organic agriculture and markets. She’d heard about the Winrock International event on Facebook and hoped to […]
Helping Pakistan’s farmers find new markets – at home
May 19, 2023
Smallholder farmers in Pakistan are facing severe economic stressors. Catastrophic flooding, ongoing COVID fallout, and rising prices combined with exchange rate imbalances and political upheaval have all made it harder for farmers to grow food, find buyers and earn decent income. These are huge problems in a country where an estimated 40% of the population depends […]
Connections change lives: How Winrock International, International Medical Corps and Concordia are rebuilding the Heartland after April’s devastating storms
May 4, 2023
The sounds are what stick in Linsley’s mind the most. At first, it was the howling wind and the crash and shatter of buildings falling apart, trees falling, and rain and rock pelting the house. Then the sirens, as first responders came on the scene. Then the rescue helicopters. Then the machinery and generators of […]
Winrock’s Aaron Sundsmo joins Devex panel on water security and climate-smart solutions
March 30, 2023
Aaron Sundsmo, Winrock’s associate vice president for Agriculture, Resilience and Water, spoke about Winrock’s approach to strengthening water security and supporting climate change adaptation through climate-resilient agriculture practices at Devex’s WASH Works 2023. The Devex panel on March 23rd was held in parallel with the UN 2023 Water Conference to examine “ways in which water, […]
The Climate Q&A…
March 20, 2023
What is ONE-SL, and what excites you most about the project and its progress in supporting emission reductions from reducing deforestation? The Offset National Emissions through Sustainable Landscapes (ONE-SL) project aims to support countries in developing an operational jurisdictional REDD+ program with nested projects that can attract private sector funding. REDD+ stands for Reducing Emissions […]
Ukraine’s heroines: Women leaders provide critical services amid catastrophic war
March 14, 2023
The destruction, danger and loss of life in Ukraine today is too vast to measure, but statistics give some sense of scope. One year into Russia’s expanded war against Ukraine, the U.N. is reporting 18 million people in need and 21,793 civilian casualties, including 8,173 civilian deaths – numbers that the U.N. itself acknowledges represent […]