Smallholder agriculture systems remain the major contributor to food production in Ghana, accounting for over 80% of the country’s total food output. Smallholder farmers are faced with numerous challenges that negatively affect their production and livelihoods. These challenges include limited access to improved technologies, inadequate finance to support the adoption of new technologies, poor marketing […]
This report discusses the challenges faced by women and young smallholder producers in Senegal when it comes to accessing and using agricultural services. Specifically, it focuses on extension and advisory services, credit, inputs and farm equipment, market, and climate information. The gender and social inclusion (GESI) analysis complements an assessment of agricultural services in four […]
The Enabling Farmers for Agricultural Transformation (EFAT), supported by USAID Washington, is a five-year project (2022-2027) that provides technical assistance to USAID missions and implementing partners to strengthen and improve the effectiveness of pluralistic agricultural extension and advisory services and systems (EAS) in boosting the agricultural productivity, incomes, livelihoods and resilience of men and women […]
Between July 14 and September 16, 2021, a team of nine researchers based in Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic conducted 133 interviews and 36 focus groups about knowledge, attitudes and practices related to safe migration and human trafficking in Central Asia. In total, 304 individuals participated in the research. 105 of these participants were specialists: […]
According to the ILO, Asia-Pacific is home to more than half of the world’s internet users and around two billion people in the region use internet daily through their mobile phones.1,2 Accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the internet has become a vital part of daily life that offers new solutions to emerging and traditional challenges. […]
In a world that demands measurement and accountability, Winrock has the tools to provide them. A leader in providing scientific and data-driven accounting of ecosystem services, Winrock has developed a series of innovative tools that marry advanced science with intuitive, user-friendly interfaces to support informed decision-making. Winrock tools monitor greenhouse gas emissions, evaluate the impact […]
Geraldina Deras, Técnica del Instituto de ConservaciónForestal de Honduras destacó que el rol del Proyecto CuencaAlta del Río Lempa en la zona “para nosotros es de muchasatisfacción, ya que esto nos ayuda a unir esfuerzos para unacuenca trinacional, de interés de los tres países”.
Funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Delta Health Care Service Grant, Winrock International and its consortium, Ozarka College and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, implemented a two-year project that delivered opioid and substance abuse training, education, and awareness to Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Sharp, and Stone counties in north-central and northeast […]
According to the ILO, Asia-Pacific is home to more than half of the world’s internet users and around two billion people in the region use internet daily through their mobile phones.1,2 Accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the internet has become a vital part of daily life that offers new solutions to emerging and traditional challenges. […]
The Safe Migration in Central Asia Project (SMICA) is a five-year program funded by USAID and implemented by Winrock International (WI). The project aims to increase the capacity of all stakeholders to meet their mutual responsibilities, so they are more self-reliant in their efforts to prevent human trafficking and forced labour, protect victims of human […]