Resources
RSPO call for members to share experiences on BMPs
RSPO Emission Reduction Working Group (ERWG) recently appointed Winrock International (Consultant) in assisting the WG compiling Best Management Practices resulting in reducing emissions from palm oil production. The objective of this compilation of BMPs is to provide members with existing or emerging and innovative practices, leading to reducing or minimising GHG emissions within the industry. […]
Case Study: New Skills Enable Vulnerable Returned Migrants to Earn Locally
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EMPOWER Project Launches in Zambia
On June 6, 2017, United States Department of Labor (USDOL) officially launched the project “Increasing Economic and Social Empowerment for Adolescent Girls and Vulnerable Women in Zambia” (EMPOWER), which aims to reduce the prevalence of child labor in the Eastern Province of Zambia. The project launch took place in Chipata district of the Province. At […]
Solar Water Pump (SWP) Return on Investment Case Study: Homa Bay County, Kenya
Winrock International’s USAID-funded Kenya Smallholder Solar Irrigation (KSSI) project is working to accelerate commercial sales of SWPs to small farmers. Through collaboration with USAID’s Kenya Agricultural Value Chains Enterprises (KAVES) project, KSSI staff met Ms. Lilian Akinyi, who rents a farm in Homa Bay County near Luala Kambuya village. She was using a diesel pump […]
Solar Water Pump (SWP) Return on Investment Case Study: Machakos County, Kenya
Winrock International’s USAID-funded Kenya Smallholder Solar Irrigation (KSSI) project is working to accelerate commercial sales of SWPs to smallholder farmers. Through collaboration with USAID’s Kenya Agricultural Value Chains Enterprises (KAVES) project, KSSI staff met Mr. Shadrack Nzioka, who has farmed since 2006 in Muuani Village, Machakos County. He was using a diesel pump to transfer […]
Socio-Economic Factors Affecting Avian Influenza Prevention and Control: The Case of Village Poultry Farming in Myanmar (2001-2009)
In November 2007 the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Winrock co-funded a one-year applied research project to assess the socio-economic impacts of AI on rural poultry farmers in Myanmar. The winning research team, commissioned through an open grant competition, was led by Dr. (Ms.) Ai Thandar Kyaw, Assistant Veterinary Officer at the Yangon […]
Payments for Environmental Services (PES) to Benefit the Rural Poor Thailand and Vietnam (2006-2009)
The Program’s inaugural research team, commissioned through a September 2005 grant competition, investigated how the rural poor can be compensated for protecting environmental services needed by urban residents, such as clean drinking water from forest watersheds. These “payments for environmental services” (PES) can provide a sustainable livelihood for rural communities while protecting sensitive forest watersheds. […]