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Examining Climate Information Services from Production to Uptake
July 31, 2018
By Abby Love, Fatema Rajabali and Robert O’Sullivan In June, the fifth international climate change adaptation conference, Adaptation Futures, was held in Africa, a first for the conference series. Around 1,200 people attended Adaptation Futures in Cape Town with a program that reflected the growing emphasis on climate information services (CIS) in the adaptation community. […]
SWP at World Water Week
July 27, 2018
The USAID-funded Sustainable Water Partnership (SWP) will participate in a sofa session at World Water Week (August 26-31) in Stockholm, Sweden. This global annual conference, organized by Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), acts as a focal point for water experts, decision-makers, businesses and thought leaders concerned with water issues. This year’s theme is “Water, Ecosystems and […]
Providing Low-Income Customers with Life-Improving Products
July 26, 2018
By Katie Gross and Evgenia Sokolova When Lilian first saw the modern charcoal stove for sale through a local retailer in her town of Kiserian, Kenya, she admired the product. But with only 1,000 shillings (USD $10) in her pocket, she couldn’t afford to pay for the $40 stove outright. School fees were a struggle […]
Winrock Forward
July 17, 2018
Winrock President and CEO Rodney Ferguson outlines his vision for creating maximum impact. Interview by Chris Warren As the President and CEO of a development organization with projects in the U.S. and around the world, Rodney Ferguson often carves out reading time while on airplanes. On a recent trip from his home base in Washington, […]
In Nepal, Macro Lessons for Micro-Hydro
July 13, 2018
Winrock International has a long history of work in Nepal’s micro-hydro industry, and that legacy was much in evidence in a series of learning and sharing workshops put on by Sharing Learning Across Projects: Operating Micro Hydro (MHPs) as Commercially Viable Enterprises, a clean energy project in Nepal. The project is financially supported by WISIONS […]
Launch of Country Level Engagement and Assistance to Reduce Child Labor (CLEAR II) Project in Jamaica
June 27, 2018
For Immediate Release Date: June 25, 2018 The Ministry of Labour and Social Security, in collaboration with Winrock International and Lawyers Without Borders, will be launching the CLEAR II project in Jamaica on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at the Terra Nova All Suite Hotel. CLEAR II is a global project being implemented in six countries. […]
Adding Science to Shrimp Farming
June 25, 2018
Shrimp and prawn farming have great potential in Bangladesh, but over the last few years many farmers have suffered financial losses because of frequent disease outbreaks and limited availability of good quality seed shrimp. Winrock’s USDA-funded Safe Aqua Farming for Economic and Trade Improvement (SAFETI) aims to increase shrimp and prawn production and productivity, raise […]
“Hope is Not a Strategy”
June 20, 2018
“Water variability has always existed,” said USAID Climate Change Adaptation Specialist Jonathan Cook, opening the fourth and final “Sustainable Water, Resilient Communities” event. For centuries, places and people around the world have depended primarily on erratic water supplies; in Cambodia, for example, people have adapted over time to the fluctuation brought on by the annual monsoon. […]
Major Climate Challenge Solved
June 18, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. — June 18, 2018 — Winrock scientists have solved the vexing problem of how to remotely measure how much timber is removed from forests and the resulting greenhouse gas emissions. With breakthrough work just published in Environmental Research Letters, Dr. Tim Pearson and his team at Winrock International have developed a new method […]
Getting Credit for Solar
June 18, 2018
By Samwel Tobiko of Juhudi Kilimo, and Genia Sokolova, Winrock finance consultant In Kenya, 80 percent of the population derive their livelihoods from agriculture, yet the share of agricultural finance in national credit is below 5 percent. Juhudi Kilimo, a Kenya-based microfinance institution, aims to address unmet demand for agricultural lending by focusing on rural […]