Projects
Green Technologies to Facilitate Development of Value Chains for Perishable Crops and Animal Products
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 […]
Costa Rica ERPD
As part of Costa Rica’s efforts to become carbon neutral by 2021, it is developing a National Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) Program to lower emissions and access climate finance. Winrock scientists are supporting Costa Rica’s efforts by helping it to develop emissions accounting approaches that comply with the strict requirements of international […]
Knowledge Exchange for Solar Water Pumping
This project works with Nepal Agricultural Cooperative Central Federation, Ltd. to develop the capacity and enhance the knowledge of five rural municipalities, eight Small Farmers Agriculture Cooperatives, Ltd. and farmers on solar irrigation through knowledge exchange and live demonstrations. By developing a network of cooperatives, rural municipalities and SWP suppliers, the project aims to accelerate […]
Sustainable CIS
Access to timely, accurate information on climate and weather is critical for building resilience against the impacts of climate change, especially in highly vulnerable regions like Sub-Saharan Africa. As part of the USAID Learning Agenda for Climate Services in Sub-Saharan Africa Program, Winrock is working to evaluate gaps in National Meteorological and Hydrological Services, identify […]
Tocantins REDD+
The state of Tocantins in Brazil is dominated by wooded savannahs called the cerrado. These once-vast ecosystems are threatened by expanding cattle ranching and agriculture, and rates of deforestation in the cerrado now exceed those in the Amazon. Winrock providing technical support to the Government of Tocantins in developing a sub-national REDD+ program to provide […]
Bonn Challenge Barometer
Forested landscapes play a critical role in maintaining social wellbeing, agricultural productivity and general ecosystem functioning. Recognizing this, under the Bonn Challenge, over 45 countries have pledged to collectively restore over 150 million hectares by 2020 and 350 million hectares by 2030. Under this project, Winrock has been supporting the International Union for the Conservation […]
Private Investment for Enhanced Resilience (PIER)
PIER is an innovative climate finance project that incentivizes private sector investments in support of national development objectives that address climate change, such as National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), within countries of strategic interest to the United States, including Bangladesh, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Indonesia, Jamaica, Mozambique, Peru, Saint Lucia, Tanzania, and Vietnam. PIER demonstrates […]
Kenya Smallholder Solar Irrigation Project (KSSI)
In rural Kenya, solar water pumps (SWPs) can help smallholder farmers save on fuel costs, increase acreage, and grow more than one crop a year. However, many farmers don’t know about these benefits or lack credit options to purchase their own SWPs. The USAID-funded Kenya Smallholder Solar Irrigation project (KSSI) works to accelerate commercial sales […]
ACR
Winrock has long recognized the threat posed by climate change. ACR, founded in 1996 and operated by Winrock, is dedicated to the belief that markets are the most effective tools to tackle climate change. As such, ACR has developed transparent and science-based methodologies to incentivize carbon reductions in agriculture, transportation and other industries. ACR is also a partner in assuring that California’s landmark Cap-and-Trade Program can manage, verify and credit carbon offsets effectively.