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Green Investment Opportunities for Malawi’s Wood Fuels
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In Malawi, over 96% of Malawi’s population depends on wood or charcoal as their primary cooking and heating fuel. Population growth and unmanaged wood fuel extraction has degraded forest resources, resulting in higher fuel prices for consumers, forest cover loss, and significant greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change.
Using Big Data to Ensure Water Security
April 5, 2019|post
Since the 1990s, the innovation known as “big data” has been rapidly reshaping society. Broadly speaking, it refers to the use of computers to collect large amounts of information, analyze patterns and trends, and apply those lessons to improve performance. Its effects can be felt in the changing ways we shop, watch television and listen […]
Delta Innovation Fund Alumni to Demonstrate Innovations April 17
April 4, 2019|post
Little Rock, Ark. – April 4, 2019 – The Delta Innovation Fund (Delta I-Fund) startup accelerator will host its 2019 Demo Day at the Clinton Presidential Center on April 17 at 4 p.m. Eight Delta I-Fund alumni companies will showcase their innovations and successful business models. Governor Asa Hutchinson, Delta Regional Authority Federal Co-Chairman Chris […]
WESTool – Helping Cambodia Find its Way
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Cambodia is one of the most rapidly deforesting countries on the planet with a vibrant young population and significant development challenges. It stands at the crossroads of economic growth and natural resource preservation. It’s a scene that’s playing out around the globe, as widescale deforestation shapes the environment, water supply and weather in significant ways.
Goat Bridges the Cultural Divide
March 28, 2019|post
The mission of Winrock International’s agriculture unit is to develop partnerships, pilot new ideas and advance solutions to strengthen communities through resilient farming and food systems. While our impact is global, sometimes we get to enjoy the benefits ourselves. This February, two important events for Winrock converged in Washington, D.C. Winrock’s international agriculture programs […]
Green Technologies to Facilitate Development of Value Chains for Perishable Crops and Animal Products
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In Mozambique, the electrical grid covers only 28 percent of the population, which has far-reaching implications in many areas of daily life, including food safety. Solar-powered chillers can keep fish fresh longer and thereby guarantee a safer food supply, but most of these products are too expensive for individuals to buy. The GreenTech project is […]
Feeding a Thirsty World
March 26, 2019|post
“It goes without saying that there’s no food without water,” said Winrock President and CEO Rodney Ferguson opening the Wilson Center event “Feeding a Thirsty World: Harnessing the Connections Between Food and Water Security” in Washington, D.C., on March 25. “Seventy percent of global water use goes to agriculture. … Water insecurity affects food security […]
Beginnings and Firsts
March 21, 2019|volunteer
At the beginning of 2019, Winrock staff from West Africa traveled to the U.S. to discuss the last five years and the next five years of the Farmer-to-Farmer program with other implementing partners. Afterward, everyone on Winrock’s F2F team met, some for the first time, in Washington, D.C., to discuss changes and new ideas. One […]
Measuring Bugs and Avoiding Crocs
March 21, 2019|post
Everything about the man in green fatigues suggests he’s alert. His posture (erect), his lips (slightly parted), his forefinger (poised over the trigger of an AK-47 assault rifle). The man, a Serengeti National Park ranger, watches closely under the hot Tanzanian sun as ecologist Frank Masese sloshes around in brown river water with a net. […]
March 2019 SWP Newsletter
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Researchers are studying the Mara River to preserve its use for both humans and the world-famous wildlife that tourists from around the globe come to see. But conducting research here also means making sure the animals don’t get too close for comfort. In This Issue – Safeguarding the Mara – SWP Boosts Stalled Effort to […]