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Thank you for your interest in the Winrock Legacy Society. There are many ways to create a lasting legacy and we are delighted that you are choosing to learn more about impacting the work we do to change lives at Winrock. Others have joined our Legacy Society by including Winrock in their estate plans or […]
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Thank you for your interest in making a gift of stock to Winrock. Transferring securities held long term to Winrock enables you to make a gift and receive a charitable deduction equal to the full, fair market value of the securities. Typically you will pay no capital gains on your gift, nor will Winrock. To […]
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 […]
Tailor Made for Success
June 10, 2019|post
When John Ayivor of Kansakrom, Ghana, left junior high school, the last year of compulsory education in his country, his future looked bleak. As the eighth of 11 children born to poor cocoa farmers, Ayivor knew he would not be able to go to secondary school. He hoped to become a mason, but he had […]
JDR3 Scholars: The Journey Forward
June 10, 2019|post
1. Can you tell us a bit about yourself and your research?My name is Dr. Armi Susandi from the Bandung Institute of Technology’s Department of Meteorology. In 2010, I got support from Winrock International to conduct a research study to develop a rainfall model that would provide extension agents and farmers with detailed information on […]
Staging a Brighter Future in Malawi
June 10, 2019|post
An angry father is pushing his two children into hazardous labor. “You should drop out of school, go to a farm and find work,” he says. Although they try to reason with him — “school is important,” they plead — they end up in the fields with a taskmaster of a boss. Luckily, there is […]
In Africa, Harnessing the Bounty of the Sea
June 5, 2019|post
I was eight years old when I saw the Pacific Ocean for the first time. It seemed so vast and limitless it was hard to imagine what was on the other side, let alone understand what an incredible resource it is. As a native of Minnesota, I grew up around a lot of water — […]