Resources
High Hanging Fruit: USAID Feed the Future Asia Innovative Farmers Project Annual Report 2016-2017
“By their very nature, entrepreneurs strive for something bigger and larger than themselves to create something that has not existed before. We strive for no less. In the pages that follow, enjoy the successes and lessons from our journey in finding innovations, bringing them to market, and facilitating household adoption throughout Asia. We’re proud of […]
2016 Annual Report
This year’s highlights include stories and statistics from our work around the world, including: Cambodia counter-trafficking, Indonesian solar, Nepal agriculture, worldwide forest degradation, innovation in America and Winrock events. We hope you’ll read and enjoy. To view the digital version of this report, click here.
Sustainable Water Partnership Newsletter October 2017
In the first event of a four-part series, a panel of experts from SEI, IUCN, Tetra Tech and Mars Inc. discusses issues of water scarcity at Washington, D.C.’s Wilson Center. Featured in This Issue: – The Challenge of too Little Water – Water-Driven Conflict & Migration – Why Urban Areas Need WASH – Water & […]
Private Sector Engagement in the Water Security Improvement Process
Improving the sustainability of a watershed requires active engagement with all major water users — particularly private sector actors, which can be large, impactful and politically influential water users. However, engaging the private sector in broader water security efforts requires understanding their motivations and drivers, including their water risks and business opportunities.
SUCCESS STORY: Her Business is Growing
THANKS TO THE USAID-FUNDED PIRK II PROJECT, MUKOBO PATIENCE HAS BUILT A BETTER LIFE FOR HER FAMILY BY GROWING AND SELLING VEGETABLES The agricultural perimeter of Kingabwa is situated in the Malebo pool in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and constitutes an important livelihood and food source for thousands of farming households in the municipality […]
SUCCESS STORY: Climate-Smart Rice Supports Livelihoods and the Environment
Climate-smart rice is one of the innovative practices that VFD promotes to help increase farmers’ incomes, reduce harmful environmental impacts from chemical fertilizers and less pesticide, reduce seed and water needs, while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
SUCCESS STORY: Piloting Development of Village Regulation for PFES Management and use in Thanh Hoa Province
Vietnam’s national payment for forest environmental services (PFES) policy has been implemented for more than five years, during which time forest managers have received payments from private sector companies to improve forest quality and support local livelihoods. In Thanh Hoa province, PFES payments have been made to communities, household groups, and forest management and protection […]
Clean and Efficient Cooking Technologies and Fuels
Winrock developed technical content for the USAID Energy Toolbox Cookstove Toolkit. The toolkit can be used by various stakeholders, but is primarily aimed at bringing USG staff and external project developers and implementers up-to-speed on significant developments in the cookstove sector in recent years. The goal is to showcase, through accurate and up-to-date information and […]
Lessons learned in cookstove financing and distribution through formal financial institution channels
In 2012 Winrock’s USAID-funded Developing a Sustainable Cookstove Sector project released a call for applications from organizations to develop innovative partnerships to address two major challenges that had been identified in a 2011 market assessment conducted by Winrock for USAID in Kenya – last mile distribution and financing for enterprises and consumers. As a result […]