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New and Emerging Trends of Human Trafficking in Entertainment
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This study is made possible by the generous support of the American people and British people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (UK aid). The contents of the study on The New and Emerging Trends of Human Trafficking in Entertainment Sectors in Nepal are […]
Remote but Not Distant: Pesticide Use and Safety Training for Shea Butter Producers in Guinea
October 9, 2020|volunteer
Having had the once in a lifetime opportunity to travel to Guinea earlier this year, I was ecstatic to receive word of the possibility of continuing pesticide safety work in the beautiful mountain village of Dabola remotely. For those unfamiliar with the West African Country, agriculture in Guinea is diverse and impressive, with many cooperatives […]
Collaborating for Native Communities
October 6, 2020|post
By the time A-dae Briones joined a late March conference call with national funders and partners about the impact of COVID-19 on food supply chains in the U.S., she had already spent days fielding appeals for food and water from Native American communities across the Southwest. As non-Native leaders on the call discussed the congressional […]
Hasan’s Innovative Greenhouse
October 1, 2020|post
Hasan Nurov is from Navzamin village in Khuroson district, Tajikistan. For generations, Hasan’s family, like many farmers in the district, grew cotton. However, over time, water scarcity and low cotton prices created a conundrum for farmers. Should they continue growing an unprofitable crop, or instead migrate to Russia, where there were higher paying jobs? Previously, […]
Planting Seeds That Will Grow Forever
September 30, 2020|volunteer
After 6 years at the helm of the Farmer-to-Farmer team in Senegal, our beloved Mama Toure retires today. Before she started with Winrock in June 2014, Mama became a member of the Africa Women Leaders in Agriculture and Environment (AWLAE) network that Winrock helped form and strengthen in the 1980s. She received her Master’s in […]
Improved Farming Through Irrigation Training
September 29, 2020|post
An innovative game about irrigation infrastructure is helping farmers in central Cambodia’s Stung Chinit River watershed to gain a better understanding of the irrigation schemes that deliver water for crops and contribute to better operation and maintenance of irrigation infrastructure in the region. Few issues are more important in Cambodia than irrigation. The country’s monsoon […]
Powering Toward a Bright Future
September 29, 2020|post
A Winrock Legacy Story As a student in Thailand, Guru Neupane studied renewable energy economics. He came to appreciate the power that can be generated from wind and sun and water. So when he returned to his home country of Nepal, Neupane had an idea. “It seemed to me that Nepal had plenty of free […]
Winrock Mourns the Passing of Chris Kopp
September 25, 2020|post
Winrock mourns the passing of former staff member Chris Kopp, who died on September 18. Chris served Winrock for more than 23 years. His last position was Senior Director of Major Programs and Project Management, but he was a natural-resource-management specialist at heart, with more than three decades of experience in community-based forestry, land-use planning […]
Winrock Experts Share Knowledge and Insights at Concordia 2020
September 25, 2020|post
Once again, experts from Winrock International were a significant presence at the Concordia Summit, an annual gathering held during U.N. General Assembly week that brings together decision-makers and opinion-leaders from the public, private and nonprofit sectors. Although the event was virtual this year, it continued to draw ambassadors, CEOs and other headliners, including USAID Acting […]
Using Big Data Analytics for Transboundary Water Management
September 18, 2020|post
Southern Africa has experienced drought-flood cycles for the past decade that strain the ability of any country to properly manage water resources. This dynamic is exacerbated by human drivers such as the heavy reliance of sectors such as mining and agriculture on groundwater and surface water, as well as subsistence agriculture in rural areas along […]