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Innovation@Winrock
February 6, 2018
A year ago, Winrock International lost one of its valuable and visionary voices. Senior Scientist Dr. Sandra Brown, who died February 13, 2017, developed innovative methods to evaluate the environmental benefits of improved land management. She came to Winrock because she wanted to see the results of her research applied to benefit people around the […]
His Business is Growing
February 5, 2018
To understand just how much how Farmer-to-Farmer helps young entrepreneurs, meet Nepal’s Binod Chaulagain, who lost his father when he was just 12 years old. His family was uneducated, so he began to think about ways he could help them. He came up with a small livestock and forage production business — but quickly realized […]
Staying Afloat
February 3, 2018
If you travel to Cambodia’s Tonle Sap basin, you might see flooded fields full of what look like reeds, foliage waving above the surface of the water. While it may not look like much, it’s actually rice — “floating” or “deepwater” rice. Flooding is a fact of life near the constantly rising and falling Tonle Sap […]
Putting Monetary Value on Kenyan Forests to Encourage Conservation
February 2, 2018
If you’re talking about water, you’re talking about trees. The value of Kenya’s high-elevation forests extends beyond their great beauty and geological diversity. The country depends on five major forest watersheds or “water towers” – Aberdares, Cherangani Hills, Mau Complex, Mt. Elgon and Mt. Kenya – for most of her water, energy and habitat that harbors […]
Wallace Center at Winrock Launches Food Systems Leadership Network
January 25, 2018
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — January 25, 2018 — The Wallace Center at Winrock International is excited to announce the launch of the Food Systems Leadership Network (FSLN). Through an online platform and offline programs, this Community of Practice empowers and connects nonprofit organizations and staff working to transform their communities through food. FSLN fosters the […]
Burmese Ginger Farmers Go ‘All Natural’
January 18, 2018
U Aye Hlaing had never tried it before, but after seeing healthy green stalks of ginger shooting up from partially shaded, naturally composted soil at a nearby, pesticide-free ginger demonstration plot, he decided to go “all natural” with his own crop in Ale Chaung Village, southern Shan. He planted an acre of ginger seed, spacing […]
Winrock, Heart Hospital, UAMS Team Up For Health Care Accelerator
January 9, 2018
January 9, 2018 —Winrock International, Arkansas Heart Hospital, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), and BioVentures today announced that they are collaborating to extend and expand Health InnovatAR, a program that supports and accelerates the development of new startup companies with innovative solutions to improve health care delivery in Arkansas. “Arkansas Heart Hospital […]
Aditi’s Rescue
January 8, 2018
Over a half million Bangladeshis are thought to live in modern-day slavery. One of them was Aditi, who was trafficked when she was 19. It could have been the end of her story. Instead, it was the beginning. USAID’s Bangladesh Counter Trafficking-in-Persons project gave her the support she needed to make a new life for […]
The Log Blog
January 8, 2018
By Gabriel Sidman, Spatial Analyst When a tree falls in the forests of Colombia, it does make a sound — a loud one — but only for a moment. The sound starts with the monotonous drone of a chainsaw, cutting the thinnest of wedges near the base of the tree, followed by a piercing crack […]
Unseen and Unrecognized: Allocating Water to Nature in River Systems
January 3, 2018
Water for nature is too often sidelined in discussions around built water infrastructure development and subsequent water allocation needs. With increasing demands for food and energy production from a growing global population, many countries look to engineered solutions to bring them water, food and energy security. When we introduce multiple demands on a natural system, […]