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Innovation Hub hosts Make48 national competition in North Little Rock
November 27, 2023|post
Eight teams from across the country faced off at Winrock’s Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub for a soon-to-be-televised competition aimed at tackling one of the most complex social challenges in the U.S.: How to help members of the nation’s vast unhoused population successfully transition into new homes. Make48 is a national invention competition, recorded for future […]
Vietnam Counter Trafficking in Persons
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Trafficking in persons is a major challenge in Vietnam: Men, women and children are trafficked both within the country and internationally for purposes of sexual exploitation, forced labor, fraudulent and forced marriages, debt bondage, and involuntary servitude. Vietnamese trafficking victims can also be swept up in drug trafficking rings or fall prey to forced scamming. […]
Transforming livelihoods through improved access to finance and aquaculture
November 27, 2023|post
Arlene Lim spent years laboring at a shipyard in Subic, Philippines, putting in grueling hours with frequent overtime shifts. But life changed when the COVID pandemic forced the shipyard’s closure. With little savings, the 31-year-old Lim and her family left Subic, returning to their hometown of Dagupan City, known as the “Milkfish Capital of the […]
A Landscape Analysis of Agricultural Service Provision and Barriers Faced by Farmers in Adopting Agricultural Technologies in Four Locations
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In Senegal, The Enabling Farmers for Agricultural Transformation (EFAT) Project, led by Winrock International and funded by USAID, will facilitate local extension and advisory service (EAS) providers to develop three pilot EAS delivery models, that is, partnership arrangements to provide advisory and complementary services needed by smallholder farmers. This report identifies technologies for priority USAID […]
A Rapid Assessment of the Dissemination of Soil Improvement Practices in Northern Ghana
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Smallholder agriculture systems remain the major contributor to food production in Ghana, accounting for over 80% of the country’s total food output. Smallholder farmers are faced with numerous challenges that negatively affect their production and livelihoods. These challenges include limited access to improved technologies, inadequate finance to support the adoption of new technologies, poor marketing […]
Menu of Services for USAID Missions
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The Enabling Farmers for Agricultural Transformation (EFAT), supported by USAID Washington, is a five-year project (2022-2027) that provides technical assistance to USAID missions and implementing partners to strengthen and improve the effectiveness of pluralistic agricultural extension and advisory services and systems (EAS) in boosting the agricultural productivity, incomes, livelihoods and resilience of men and women […]
Private-led agricultural extension key to sustainable food systems in Africa
November 16, 2023|post
The work of the Feed the Future Nigeria Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services Activity implemented by Winrock featured prominently at the 6th Africa-Wide Agricultural Extension Week – a major continental conference that occurs every two years. Hosted this year in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, the event kicked […]
Evidence2Action: Global Perspectives
November 1, 2023|post
Winrock International and International Justice Mission cordially invite you to attend Evidence2Action: Global Perspectives in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, December 6 from 8:30 am – 4:00 pm ET. Download directions to Horizon Ballroom This evidence-based, counter trafficking in persons event will convene survivors and persons with lived experience, NGOs and practitioners, service providers, academics, corporate […]
Winrock Tools
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In a world that demands measurement and accountability, Winrock has the tools to provide them. A leader in providing scientific and data-driven accounting of ecosystem services, Winrock has developed a series of innovative tools that marry advanced science with intuitive, user-friendly interfaces to support informed decision-making. Winrock tools monitor greenhouse gas emissions, evaluate the impact […]
“It’s time to give back:” Winrock’s Volunteer of the Year supports locally-driven farming solutions in West Africa
October 19, 2023|post
How does an information technology auditor with a law degree and a doctorate in developmental studies become an expert on using maggots to transform organic waste into food-boosting compost? For the answer to that question, you must meet Winrock’s 2023 Farmer to Farmer Volunteer of the Year, Dr. Isaac Zama of Fairfax, Virginia. He […]