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Winrock Legacy Society
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Thank you for your interest in the Winrock Legacy Society. There are many ways to create a lasting legacy and we are delighted that you are choosing to learn more about impacting the work we do to change lives at Winrock. Others have joined our Legacy Society by including Winrock in their estate plans or […]
Engaging the Private Sector to Invest in Resilience
June 24, 2019|post
Over a quarter century since the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was signed, we endure and brace for the intensifying impacts of rising global temperatures. While international climate negotiations crawl along, most people agree that we remain achingly far from the monumental changes needed to prepare for climate change. Beyond responding to […]
Make a gift of stock to Winrock International
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Thank you for your interest in making a gift of stock to Winrock. Transferring securities held long term to Winrock enables you to make a gift and receive a charitable deduction equal to the full, fair market value of the securities. Typically you will pay no capital gains on your gift, nor will Winrock. To […]
Meet our Farmer-to-Farmer Staff!
June 19, 2019|volunteer
Continuing on with our Field Staff introductions- we are now doing a series on our excellent accountants. They make sure our finances are in order and our day to day operations move smoothly. As is true of most of our field staff, they work closely with colleagues that they have never met, including at HQ […]
Winrock to Lead $39M USAID Water Security and Resilience Activity in Sahel
June 19, 2019|post
Winrock International’s Sustainable Water Partnership (SWP) will lead a groundbreaking $39 million USAID initiative to foster resilience and improve water security in one of the world’s most impoverished and vulnerable regions. The USAID Water Security and Resilience activity in the Sahel is part of USAID’s Resilience in the Sahel Enhanced program, which supports vulnerable communities […]
ILRG Cocoa Bridge Phase
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Cocoa farming is at risk in Ghana due to climate change, aging plantations, new pests and diseases, land degradation and deforestation. Winrock is continuing its work with Tetra Tech ARD and private-sector partners Ecom Agroindustrial Corp. (ECOM) and the Hershey Company to demonstrate how improving land tenure, tree tenure, and financing cocoa rehabilitation can improve […]
To the Class of 2019…
June 18, 2019|post
In the United States, May and June is graduation season, when America’s youth mark an important milestone in leaving behind known comforts and pursuing economic independence. The occasion is observed with platitudes from community leaders, politicians, business leaders and celebrities about seizing the moment, the endless opportunities ahead of them, and being the change they […]
The International Agricultural Development Service
June 13, 2019|post
A Winrock Legacy Story The International Agricultural Development Service (IADS) was created by the Rockefeller Foundation in 1975 to build a bridge between agricultural research and practice in the developing world. In 1985, IADS, the Agricultural Development Council (A/D/C) and the Winrock International Livestock Research and Training Center merged to create Winrock International. We are grateful […]
US and UK Partner to Combat Human Trafficking in Nepal
June 13, 2019|post
June 13, 2019 – Today, the development agencies of the United States and United Kingdom announced a partnership that will support the Government of Nepal in reducing human trafficking. This new partnership between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) will expand USAID’s ongoing Hamro […]
Tailor Made for Success
June 10, 2019|post
When John Ayivor of Kansakrom, Ghana, left junior high school, the last year of compulsory education in his country, his future looked bleak. As the eighth of 11 children born to poor cocoa farmers, Ayivor knew he would not be able to go to secondary school. He hoped to become a mason, but he had […]