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Staying Cool In Pakistan
December 31, 2015
Synopsis: Cold chain development program linking horticultural and fishery production Safina Bibi is comfortable being a trailblazer. In 1984, Bibi became the first — and remains the only — woman owner of a cold storage facility in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province. This is no small achievement in male-dominated Pakistan. But just as important is the fact […]
Taking Burma’s Coffee Global
December 31, 2015
Synopsis: Integrate smallholder farmers into commercial value chains to increase productivity Armed with a clipboard and a finely-tuned nose and taste buds, Craig Holt began the hard work of determining the potential of Burma’s coffee growers. Holt, owner of Seattle-based Atlas Coffee Importers, was in Rangoon, Burma (also known as Myanmar) as a volunteer judge […]
Winrock in elite company for public-private partnerships in Asia
December 2, 2015
Winrock International is one of four finalists for a prominent award recognizing outstanding public-private partnerships in the Asia Pacific region. The winner will be announced Dec. 3. The PublicAffairsAsia Gold Standard Award for Public-Private Partnership, sponsored by Hewlett-Packard, “reflects the growing importance of public private partnerships in areas such as health promotion, environmental protection and […]
Opening Big Markets to Small Farmers
November 30, 2015
The Wallace Center at Winrock International was recently recognized for its efforts to make wholesale markets more accessible to producers of all sizes—opening new doors and creating fresh growth opportunities for America’s small and mid-sized farmers. At the Produce Marketing Association Fresh Summit in Atlanta last month, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary Ed […]
A Safe Space for School-Age Girls in Côte d’Ivoire
November 24, 2015
Winrock International promotes access to safe education by improving children’s physical safety and emotional well-being, and fostering an enabling environment in which children can thrive. This means helping communities and schools create safe, supportive spaces for girls and boys alike; empowering families and communities to monitor children’s safety; and improving families’ livelihoods so they are […]
Winrock International awarded project to reduce child labor in cocoa-growing communities in Ghana
November 10, 2015
November 10, 2015 — The United States Department of Labor announced today a new project to reduce child labor in cocoa-growing communities in Ghana. Winrock International was awarded the four-year project, “Mobilizing Community Action and Promoting Opportunities for Youth in Ghana’s Cocoa-Growing Communities,” which will empower 40 cocoa-growing communities to design and implement Community Action […]
New U.S. Project Links Asian Farmers with Affordable Technology
October 15, 2015
BANGKOK, October 15, 2015 — The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) today announced a new project to share affordable technology and agricultural practices between countries in Asia to increase incomes of poor farmers. USAID awarded its “Feed the Future Asia Innovative Farmers” project to implementing partner Winrock International. With funding from the U.S. […]
Winrock Names Joyjit Deb Roy Senior Vice President of Programs
September 28, 2015
ARLINGTON, Va. (September 28, 2015) — Winrock International announced today that Joyjit Deb Roy has been named the organization’s new Senior Vice President of Programs. Deb Roy will lead program implementation for the organization, which is responsible for more than 200 development projects in 50 countries across the globe. “Winrock is delighted to welcome a […]
Winrock Volunteer Shares Organic Farming, Certification Expertise in Cuba
July 30, 2015
Winrock volunteer and organic agriculture expert Charles Mitchell traveled to Cuba last month to participate in the country’s first ever National Conference on Organic Certification, where he shared his expertise as both an organic farmer and organic inspector in the United States and Canada. Building on the initial Winrock-sponsored exchange in March, the Asociacion Cubana […]
Winrock-implemented project celebrates successes in support of Balochistan farmers
June 29, 2015
When the Pakistan Agriculture and Cold Chain Development (PACCD) project officially closed out activities with a ceremony in May, project staff and beneficiaries alike had many reasons to celebrate the substantial gains the last four and a half years have brought to the horticulture sector of Balochistan. Chief of Party Farrukh Baig Mirza and U.S. […]