Projects
ART
Forest conservation and restoration represents a gigaton-scale mitigation opportunity that could transform the fight to slow climate change. To attract large-scale finance for reducing global deforestation, a credible system is needed to reward countries for reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+). ART aims to unlock new long-term financial flows for forest countries to […]
Safaa Pani
Winrock International is supporting USAID Nepal and the Social Empowerment and Building Accessibility Center (SEBAC) by providing quality assurance and quality control to the ongoing construction of water schemes in Nepal. In addition to assessing more than one hundred water schemes for construction quality and environmental risks, Winrock will provide capacity-building training sessions for local […]
Vietnam Blue Carbon
To aid its transition to resilient, sustainable development, Vietnam is developing a carbon payment for forest environmental services (C-PFES) policy. Under this program, eligible forest owners will receive payment for the services their forests provide in absorbing and storing carbon from the atmosphere. Mangrove forests are key in enhancing the resilience of coastal countries in […]
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 […]
Feed the Future KISAN II
Nepal’s economy is dominated by agriculture, yet the country is one of the most food insecure nations in the world. Building on the progress made from 2013 to 2017 with the Knowledge-based Integrated Sustainable Agriculture and Nutrition (KISAN) I project, the KISAN II project works with the country’s private sector to improve on-farm production and…
West Africa Farmer-to-Farmer
The West Africa F2F program aims to enhance the agricultural sectors of Guinea, Senegal, and Sierra Leone by utilizing climate-smart agriculture innovations, local technologies, and targeted interventions for marginalized groups to improve access to technology, food security and nutrition, and skills development to boost agricultural productivity and support resilient livelihoods.
Health InnovatAR
What sets Winrock’s Health InnovatAR program apart from similar healthcare accelerators? It’s the unfettered access to world-class clinicians from the Arkansas Heart Hospital and the University of Arkansas for Medical Science. The partnership lures world-class companies to Arkansas, creates high paying jobs, and gives local institutions first access to groundbreaking new technologies.
Accelerate Acadiana
With its historic dependence on the oil and gas industry, Louisiana’s Acadiana region has been prone to dizzying booms and devastating busts. To develop creative solutions to this problem, Winrock partnered with the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette Economic Development Authority, the Opportunity Machine, and the Community Foundation of Acadiana to create Accelerate Acadiana.…
Strategic Training for Rural Innovative and Vibrant Economies (STRIVE)
How do rural municipal leaders learn to grow their local economies and improve their town’s quality of life? It all begins with the proper tools. Funded by USDA Rural Development, the Strategic Training for Rural Innovative and Vibrant Economies (STRIVE) project provides those vital tools. From prioritizing local problems and identifying local successes to assessing…