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Dilbagh “Dil” Athwal (1928-2017)
May 17, 2017|post
Dr. Dilbagh “Dil” Athwal, Ph.D., a pioneering plant scientist who headed Winrock’s technical cooperation division when the organization began in 1985 and was a guiding presence in its early years, died on Sunday, May 14, in Tom’s River, New Jersey. He was 88. Athwal joined Winrock as the most senior staff member of the International […]
Solar Water Pump (SWP) Return on Investment Case Study: Homa Bay County, Kenya
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Winrock International’s USAID-funded Kenya Smallholder Solar Irrigation (KSSI) project is working to accelerate commercial sales of SWPs to small farmers. Through collaboration with USAID’s Kenya Agricultural Value Chains Enterprises (KAVES) project, KSSI staff met Ms. Lilian Akinyi, who rents a farm in Homa Bay County near Luala Kambuya village. She was using a diesel pump […]
Bangladesh: Beautiful Scenery, Cheerful People, and Wonderful Food
May 16, 2017|volunteer
This week’s blog comes from F2F volunteer, Thomas Sallee, who traveled to Bangladesh to build the capacity of faculty and students from Khulna University Life Science School and Sylhet Agricultural University on advanced statistical analysis in agricultural research. Mr. Sallee is an agricultural economist and a former agent with the United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural […]
Investing in Agriculture Education for a Brighter Senegal
May 10, 2017|volunteer
As we drive into the Horticulture Initiation Center of Ziguinchor, Senegal, I am greeted by a welcome site—students working alongside instructors in a lush, green, and productive garden. Given the number of people employed in agriculture in countries like Senegal, this is a sight far rarer than it should be. As someone who benefited from […]
A Dream Deferred
May 10, 2017|post
By Anne Cassidy This is the story of a dream deferred, of a risk taken and a hope fulfilled. Above all, it’s the story of persistence. When Professor Maung Maung Htwe, 78, was in his 20s, he dreamed of helping the rural poor in his native Burma. Farmers were growing a lot of rice then, […]
The Bangla Welcome
May 2, 2017|volunteer
This week’s blog comes from F2F volunteer, Dr. Peter Flanagan, an experienced professional in ruminant farming, including dairy production and reproduction management (goats, sheep, and cattle). He also has extensive international development experience and has worked in South Sudan, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, and India. He currently resides in Guam, where he has established a veterinary clinic. […]
Winrock’s 2016 Volunteer Spirit Award
April 28, 2017|volunteer
Dr. Hameed, Professor of Mycology and Plant Pathology & Physiology at Duke University, provided extraordinary assistance to the Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) program in Bangladesh. Dr. Hameed contributed significantly to build the capacity of a group of underprivileged minority youth (mostly young women) to create an additional livelihood opportunity by introducing environmentally friendly, low-cost mushroom production practices […]
Chile Accesses Millions for Emissions Reduction
April 27, 2017|post
WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 25, 2017 – Chile became the first country to be fully accepted by the Carbon Fund and can now access millions of dollars for its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from forestlands through the implementation of its Emission Reductions Program. “Chile is leading the world and Winrock is thrilled to […]
Payments for Environmental Services (PES) to Benefit the Rural Poor Thailand and Vietnam (2006-2009)
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The Program’s inaugural research team, commissioned through a September 2005 grant competition, investigated how the rural poor can be compensated for protecting environmental services needed by urban residents, such as clean drinking water from forest watersheds. These “payments for environmental services” (PES) can provide a sustainable livelihood for rural communities while protecting sensitive forest watersheds. […]
Burmese Beans Score Big at Coffee Expo
April 26, 2017|post
It’s early Friday afternoon, April 21, Day Two of the Global Specialty Coffee Association Expo in Seattle, and Winrock’s Senior Director of Agriculture and Enterprise Amanda Hilligas is talking very, very fast: “I’m feeling extremely lightheaded and caffeinated because there are hundreds of booths, and it’s the best coffee in the world, and you want to […]