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Five ways Winrock supports youth education in the U.S. and abroad
January 24, 2023
Winrock International remains committed to working with partners in the U.S. and across the globe to increase access to education, entrepreneurial, and skills development opportunities for youth in the face of persistent economic, human rights, and environmental challenges. In the words of Nelson Mandela: “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the […]
Louise and Linda Akanvou: Generational changemakers
January 20, 2023
Linda Akanvou’s life was shaped in part by the stories her mum and dad told at dinner as she grew up in Ivory Coast – along with a lot of discussion about the genetic traits and biological properties of certain staple grains and other foods. “On some nights, we would try new varieties of fruits […]
Marketwatch Op-Ed: here’s how to incentivize cleaning up landfills — the culprit driving one-fifth of global warming
January 13, 2023
By Winrock’s Mary Grady, executive director of the American Carbon Registry and Megesh Tiwari, senior technical director of ACR. This op-ed was originally published on Marketwatch. Read the story here. Most of us don’t think much about landfills, and when we do, it’s probably not in the context of global warming. But the fact is: […]
Winrock’s Top 10 stories of 2022
January 9, 2023
Winrock’s 2022 was filled with innovation, initiative and impact across our organization’s portfolios. Here are the top 10 most-clicked stories of 2022: 8. Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART) 2021: The year in review 9. Partnering with Vietnam on environmental protection, pollution reduction and climate action 10. Winrock to lead $20M USDA climate-smart agriculture commodities and markets project in […]
Safeguarding Bangladesh’s “White Gold” ─ and protecting livelihoods as the climate changes
January 9, 2023
When Debjani Sardar’s husband passed away, she had two daughters to raise, a home to maintain and a family-owned business to run, selling supplies to local shrimp and prawn producers in Khulna, Bangladesh. Her late husband had handled the shop before he passed, and she was determined not to lose it too. Sardar soon learned, […]
“Groundbreakers: The Fearless 15:” women entrepreneurs transforming agribusiness in Tajikistan
January 3, 2023
The U.S. Embassy in Tajikistan’s website recently featured the publication of a photobook by USAID’s Agribusiness Competitiveness Activity in Tajikistan activity that profiles 15 high-impact women entrepreneurs who are thriving in traditionally male-dominated agribusinesses ranging from processing to trading and exporting. Implemented by Winrock International, the five-year ACAT activity has so far facilitated investments of […]
Winrock’s Ben Odoemena joins USAID panel on agriculture, food systems and climate change takeaways from COP27
December 19, 2022
Ben Odoemena, Winrock’s chief of party for the Feed the Future Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services (AEAS) activity in Nigeria, spoke about his project’s approach to supporting climate-smart agriculture as one of five panelists in the USAID Agrilinks webinar: What’s Next After the ‘Implementation’ COP? Catalyzing Action at the Intersection of Climate Change, Agriculture and […]
“Deep down we are all the same:” campaign by USAID Thailand CTIP shares migrant stories
December 14, 2022
Understanding and acceptance. A place to call home. Decent work. A better future. Some desires are universal, no matter who we are or where in our journeys. Yet for many of the world’s estimated 272 million international migrants, fulfilling what seems like even basic human needs and wants is a dire struggle often waged quietly […]
Scaling up to combat illegal logging in the South Pacific – and cultivate an environmentally sustainable future
December 5, 2022
Chief John Andrew Kiri of North Malaita is blunt in his assessment of environmental conditions in and around his tropical community’s lands – and indeed, across all of Malaita, the most populous and largest island by size in the Solomon Islands. “In the northern region, the slash and burn gardening method contributes a lot to […]
ART issues world’s first jurisdictional forestry carbon credits to Guyana
December 1, 2022
ARLINGTON, VA, December 1, 2022 – The Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART) has issued the world’s first TREES credits to Guyana. This also marks a milestone as the first time a country has been issued carbon credits specifically designed for the voluntary and compliance carbon markets for successfully preventing forest loss and degradation — a […]