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USDA Launches $1 Million Effort to Prevent Opioid Abuse in Five Counties
August 7, 2019|post
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. – August 7, 2019 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing $998,834 to launch a proactive program to prevent opioid and substance abuse in north central and northeast Arkansas, a region that has high rates of opioid abuse and overdose deaths. The two-year Delta Understanding and Preventing Substance and Opioid Abuse […]
Winrock CEO Named to Export-Import Bank Advisory Committee
August 1, 2019|post
WASHINGTON, D.C. – August 1, 2019 – Winrock President and CEO Rodney Ferguson has been named to the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) 2019 Advisory Committee. He will be joined by senior leaders from Hewlett Packard, the AFL-CIO, and other luminaries from business, government, labor and finance. The Honorable Stevan Pearce, small business […]
Delta Understanding and Preventing Substance and Opioid Use Disorder in Rurality (Delta UPSOAR)
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The opioid crisis in the United States threatens health and prosperity in communities of all sizes and families of all socio-economic backgrounds. Like much of rural America, north-central and northeast Arkansas suffers high rates of opioid misuse and limited access to preventative education and recovery resources. Delta UPSOAR is an innovative and local response specifically designed to […]
Guinean AVENIR Youth Support Private Sector Input Suppliers to Implement Sustainable Business Models
July 15, 2019|volunteer
July 15th is World Youth Skills Day. There are 1.2 billion young people aged 15 to 24 years, accounting for 16 percent of the global population. The active engagement of youth in sustainable development efforts is central to achieving sustainable, inclusive and stable societies by the target date, and to averting the worst threats and […]
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USAID TerresEauVie Activity
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The USAID TerresEauVie Activity enhances social and ecological risk management systems in Africa’s Sahel region through three components: improved water security, enhanced sustainable productive land use, and improved management of shocks, risks and stresses. The activity improves the availability of, access to and safe use of adequate, reliable water and land resources for the health, […]
The International Agricultural Development Service
June 13, 2019|post
A Winrock Legacy Story The International Agricultural Development Service (IADS) was created by the Rockefeller Foundation in 1975 to build a bridge between agricultural research and practice in the developing world. In 1985, IADS, the Agricultural Development Council (A/D/C) and the Winrock International Livestock Research and Training Center merged to create Winrock International. We are grateful […]
Reaching Out
June 12, 2019|volunteer
As I am stepping into my eighties, I recognize nothing more rewarding than being associated with scientific research and being able to reach out and help our society and the international community. The latter became possible for me via the wonderful oyster mushroom. I am thankful for the Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) program, funded by USAID, for […]