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Winrock expands support for U.S. rice producers through market-focused conservation farming program funded by USDA
March 6, 2026
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — Winrock International is advancing a new phase of a U.S. Department of Agriculture-funded project designed to help American rice farmers strengthen profitability, competitiveness and long-term sustainability through market driven conservation practices. Funded through USDA’s Advancing Markets for Producers initiative — which supports multiple projects nationwide — Winrock is implementing an AMP project in partnership with Riceland Foods, […]
How Winrock’s Wallace Center is helping dairy farmers in rural U.S. communities boost profits and protect ecosystems
March 2, 2026
Wakiana Dairy, Wakarusa, Indiana
Resilience, impact and evolution: An interview with Winrock’s Senior Director of U.S. Programs
February 19, 2026
GrantStation, a leading online resource for nonprofit funding research and sector insights, recently featured Lucy Jodlowska, Winrock International’s senior director of U.S. Programs, in an in‑depth interview exploring what resilience means for the future of social impact work. In the published interview, entitled: “Where Mission Meets Resilience: Rethinking Sustainability in the Social Impact Sector,” Jodlowska […]
From Endorsement to Action: The Fifth Meeting of the Local Government Forum Demonstrates Active Inter-Local Government coordination
February 13, 2026
The endorsement of an operation guideline is only meaningful when it leads to action. Just four months after seven local governments jointly signed the “Operations Guideline 2082” of the Daram–Badigad Watershed Inter-Local Government Coordination Committee, local governments are already demonstrating strong ownership through, self-led coordination. While the WISIONS Innovation Lab (IL) Project, implemented by Winrock International and its […]
Winrock International’s 2026-2028 strategic plan: A letter from President and CEO Maqsoda Maqsodi
February 9, 2026
Dear Friends and Partners: Today I am honored and excited to announce Winrock’s 2026-28 strategic plan. It’s a three-year roadmap that positions Winrock to build on strengths cultivated over four decades of learning with and from our community partners, from expertise gleaned over years of gathering and studying evidence, from innovating and adapting. I’d like to share a few key pieces of it with you here. Rooted in our legacy, focused on our future At the heart of our strategic plan is a simple but critical goal: To increase the resilience of rural communities and the environmental ecosystems they […]
Winrock International announces 2026–2028 strategic plan focused on regenerative agriculture and environmental ecosystems
February 9, 2026
Little Rock, Arkansas — Feb. 9, 2026 — Winrock International today announced the launch of its 2026–2028 strategic plan, sharpening the organization’s focus on two of its foundational areas of expertise: regenerative agriculture and environmental ecosystems, and underpinned for the first time by a unified, organization‑wide theory of change. “Winrock’s 2026-2028 strategic plan reflects the realities facing rural communities and […]
Insights from Winrock’s Lucy Jodlowska on the “Future of Food” at the Global Solutions Summit
February 3, 2026
At the 2025 Global Solutions Summit on the Future of Food, hosted by the University of Arkansas’s Institute for Integrative & Innovative Research (I³R), global leaders and innovators explored how technology and collaboration can transform food systems. Among them was Lucy Jodlowska, Winrock’s senior director of U.S. Programs, who joined a high-impact panel to emphasize that resilience starts with access — to […]
Five Takeaways from COP30: A Q&A with Winrock Ecosystem Services Director Julie Nash
January 28, 2026
At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, Julie Nash, Winrock International’s director of Ecosystem Services, joined a team of Winrock leaders and experts engaging with governments, Indigenous peoples and local communities, philanthropies and civil society partners. Hosted in the heart of the Amazon, the event featured an implementation-driven agenda and a program of thematic days spanning energy, nature, food systems, cities and water, people and crosscutting issues. We asked Julie for a few […]
Report from Nepal: Exploring the Potential of Small Businesses for E-Cooking Solutions
January 22, 2026
The potential of e-cooking solutions – both in research and in practice – has been widely recognized. They can improve health, particularly for women, generate cost savings, and create viable business cases for decentralized renewable energy systems such as micro-hydropower. Yet most research and interventions to date have focused on household-level adoption, leaving a substantial […]
Winrock International to lead new USDOL project to combat labor exploitation in critical minerals supply chains
January 14, 2026
Winrock International has been awarded a new project by the U.S. Department of Labor to help combat labor exploitation in 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗹 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻 — a critical resource for U.S. manufacturing, clean energy and national security. Funded through the USDOL’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs, this work will address abusive labor practices that distort global markets, undermine workers’ […]