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World Day Against Child Labor 2016
June 6, 2016|post
This year’s World Day Against Child Labor highlights the problem of child labor in supply chains. To commemorate the day and raise awareness about this issue Winrock International (@WinrockIntl) will host a one-hour Twitter chat on Thursday, June 9th between 10:00-11:00 AM EDT. During the chat panelists will discuss how advocates, businesses, and consumers can ensure […]
Adding a Human Touch to the Food Value Chain
June 6, 2016|post
By John Fisk, Director, Wallace Center How many times have you heard that people are an organization’s most valuable resource? Turns out they make a big difference to the food value chain, too — in a surprising new way. The Wallace Center at Winrock International has been working closely with the U.S. Department of Agriculture […]
Creating Change Together with Teachers
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ARISE works to reduce and prevent child labor in tobacco-growing communities through education, economic empowerment, and more effective regulations and enforcement. However, a high level of child labor, particularly in agriculture, can be both a cause and a consequence of a weak education system. Where this is the case, the education system needs to be […]
Training Trainers to Empower Cookstove Entrepreneurs
May 26, 2016|post
“Empowerment is more than skills and knowledge — it’s realizing one’s own self-worth and ability to perform more than what we think we can.” This is what one participant in the Empowered Entrepreneur Training Program learned from the experience. Women play a critical role in the cookstove value chain. As primary users of household energy […]
Meeting of Minds
May 25, 2016|post
Event Agenda Speakers Media Most people have never heard the sound of a fish having dinner, but Gibran Huzaifah has. And when he described it for a receptive audience at last month’s inaugural Asia Regional Agriculture Innovation Summit in Bangkok, Thailand, he brought down the house. “We put a little microphone inside the water that […]
USAID and Winrock International Launch Innovation Challenge to Bring New Technologies to Smallholder Farmers
May 24, 2016|post
Event Agenda Speakers Media BANGKOK, May 25, 2016 — Today the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Winrock International launched an innovation challenge to develop technological solutions and regional partnerships for smallholder farmers in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Myanmar and Nepal. The challenge will be open to companies and organizations from South and Southeast Asia […]
Asia Regional Agricultural Innovation Summit Speakers
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Event Agenda Speakers Media Mike Peng is co-founder and co-Managing Director of IDEO, Japan. He joined IDEO in 2006 and moved to Tokyo in 2011. As co-Managing Director, Mike works with colleagues to set the strategic direction of the business in Japan, mentor designers and lead client relationships and projects. Mike has worked on industries that range from education […]
Asia Regional Agricultural Innovation Summit
May 24, 2016|post
Event Agenda Speakers Media Winrock-Organized Ag Tech Summit Kicks off in Bangkok Mark Young, CEO and co-founder of Garuda Robotics, makes drones — and he’s attending the inaugural Asia Regional Agricultural Innovation Summit in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 25 and 26. The summit is bringing together an unlikely mix of participants from 15 countries across […]
New Desks Make the Grade
May 16, 2016|post
Story and Photography: Tom Willcox Eleven-year-old Anna Adyero, a student at Magwi Central Primary School in South Sudan, likes coming to school. But until recently, she struggled to learn. Not because she lacked a teacher, though teachers are scarce in the world’s newest country. But because she lacked what many assume is standard operating equipment — […]
Winrock Announces Annett Pagan, U.S. Programs Director, to Retire After 24 Years
May 12, 2016|post
‘Vital Presence’ at Winrock, Pagan Devoted Career to Arkansas and Rural America LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (May 12, 2016) – Winrock International announces the retirement of Annett Pagan, director of U.S. programs, on May 13. Since joining Winrock in 1992, Pagan has devoted her career to creating jobs and income opportunities in rural communities. Her vision and […]