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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 […]
Pairing AgTech and Krayasart: a #thaiRAIN success story
October 29, 2024
Innovation forum paired with Thai tradition In Thailand and neighboring countries, the Festival of the 10th Lunar Month holds a special place in local traditions. It is a time when people pay homage to their ancestors with the season’s first harvest, a tradition that dates back hundreds of years. Among the foods prepared during this […]
Friends of clean air: A #thaiRAIN success story
October 17, 2024
Too hard to breathe Air pollution has topped Thailand’s environmental challenges over the past decade. According to the State of Global Air Report, toxic haze was linked to 32,200 deaths in 2019 — higher than those caused by COVID. Thailand’s average PM2.5 concentration in 2023 was 4.7 times above the World Health Organization’s air quality […]
Southeast Asia “center of excellence” in the making: a #thaiRAIN success story
September 19, 2024
We need to talk about agri-food climate-smart innovations Southeast Asian farmers are facing the concrete effects of climate change, such as unusual weather, rising temperatures, water shortages, increasing pest infestations and devastating floods. The region has invested in R&D and innovations for many years, but the results have been unsatisfactory. Crop yield increases have stalled […]
First RAIN DROP excitement: A #thaiRAIN success story
September 19, 2024
Isn’t RAIN DROP refreshing? Isn’t it refreshing to feel raindrops falling from the sky? Just like that, RAIN’s grant program, called RAIN DROP, aims to revitalize Thai agriculture by enhancing the capacity of grantees — partners who will work to scale technologies among farmers. RAIN has prioritized grant programs, given that the project works with […]
Low overhead dairy grazing: Exploring the current state of dairy in the U.S. Midwest
September 19, 2024
(Feature photo image, above: Saxon Homestead Farm dairy cows grazing. Photo credit: Dan Hagenow Video Creation, LLC.) On July 18, 2024, Wallace Center and Winrock International staff hosted their first farmer workshop in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, for the Improving the Health of the Great Lakes through Profitable Low Overhead Dairy Grazing project. Funded by the Great Lakes […]
Winrock International announces new director for climate and environment
August 29, 2024
“Climate work is a critical part of Winrock’s mission, impacting a wide range of our locally led programming including sustainable agriculture and water, safe migration and counter-trafficking, climate finance, net zero, carbon crediting and markets, ecosystems and clean energy,” said Winrock President and CEO Maqsoda Maqsodi. “We’re in a pivotal climate moment in history, and […]
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 […]
Podcast series amplifies Winrock’s work advancing organic agriculture in the U.S.
July 24, 2024
Joseph Schafer, a Winrock International program manager overseeing a USDA-funded project that is collaborating with universities, regional and local partners to explore the agronomic and market potential of organic row crops in the Mid-South, is candid in his assessment of how things have gone, so far. “The goal is to make organic farming economically viable […]
Women’s scholarship program revitalizes horticulture and transforms lives in Africa
June 24, 2024
If you ask the Senegalese women who seized an unusual training opportunity to become professional agriculture extension advisors why they sought to participate, their answers include striking similarities. Translated from French, their responses are salted with words like “resources,” “market,” “income,” “earning.” And one particular reason appears repeatedly: “To help.” “This training will allow me […]