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Winrock International President Rodney Ferguson to Participate in Concordia Summit on the Americas in Miami
May 12, 2016|post
Rodney Ferguson, president and CEO of Winrock International, will join a gathering of public and private sector leaders at the the Concordia Summit on the Americas to discuss economic and political issues affecting the region. Ferguson, in his role with Winrock and as a founding member of The Cuba Consortium, is one of a group […]
Healthy Food is a Human Right: Rodney Ferguson
May 5, 2016|post
On April 20-21, Food Tank hosted the second annual Food Tank Summit in Washington, D.C., where Winrock International President and CEO Rodney Ferguson joined other food and agricultural experts to discuss “Investing in the Food Movement.” Ferguson had the opportunity to speak with Food Tank ahead of the summit to discuss what inspires him to […]
Burma’s Coffee Makes World Debut
May 3, 2016|post
The aroma was intoxicating; it wafted up from tables where nine varieties of rich brown Arabica coffee sat awaiting their fate. The color and scent were promising, but the final test remained. How would it taste? More than 100 people were packing the room to find out. Because this wasn’t just any brew. After decades of […]
Forecast Hopeful as Cambodia Safeguards Priority Forests
May 3, 2016|post
One by one they signed the groundbreaking agreement — 175 world leaders, joined by a delegation of children from around the world, pledging their resolve to protect the future of the planet. The April 22 signing ceremony for the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) in France is still just a beginning. For it to […]
Winrock History
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Winrock International grew from parallel dreams and a shared vision. And it grew from the land: a 927-acre tract atop Petit Jean Mountain in Arkansas, where Winthrop Rockefeller, grandson of Standard Oil’s John D. Rockefeller, established Winrock Farms in 1953. He brought in a herd of hardy Santa Gertrudis cattle from Texas and created a […]
Job Openings
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Lessons Learned from the Rearview of a Rickshaw
April 19, 2016|volunteer
“It’s easier to see where you’ve been from the rearview mirror, but the act of looking back is an important one. Please indulge me as I reflect upon my two week experience in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Below are the lessons I’ve learned from the [figurative] rearview of a rickshaw. First, the driver matters! To say the […]
Having Truly “been there”
April 18, 2016|volunteer
In September, two volunteers completed Pesticide Safety Assessments for the Farmer-to-Farmer for Agriculture Education and Training program in West Africa. Sandra McDonald traveled to Guinea, and Ples Spradley completed an assignment in Senegal. The purpose of these assessments was to ascertain and evaluate pesticide safety, regulation, training, education, and use in the countries. Both Sandra […]
Why Volunteer?
April 13, 2016|volunteer
Continuing our Volunteer Week reflections, Winrock staffer Abby Phillips shares her thoughts: “As we celebrate National Volunteers Week, we often praise the volunteers and the great work they are doing at home and abroad. Their work is vital to their communities and to development across the globe. As a new Program Associate at Winrock International […]
USAID LEAF Final Report
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Over a five-year implementation period from 2011-2016, the USAID LEAF program delivered significant results against its overall objective of strengthening the capacity of target countries to achieve meaningful and sustained reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from the forestry-land use sector. USAID LEAF was implemented during a period of rapid evolution in the way governments, donors, […]