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Growing the No-Burn Network: a #thaiRAIN Success Story
December 20, 2024|post
No-Burn Conference Expanded #thaiRAIN’s Network USDA #thaiRAIN significantly expanded its network of leaders and organizations seeking to reduce PM2.5 emissions from open-field biomass burning. The event made #thaiRAIN a partner of The Friends of Thai Agriculture (FTA), a coalition of international diplomats working in Thailand’s farming sector. In addition to #thaiRAIN, the FTA includes the […]
Forging global partnerships: A conversation with Winrock’s Nodira Saidkarimova
December 16, 2024|post
Nodira Saidkarimova, chief of party of the Safe Migration in Central Asia project, spent six weeks in Washington, D.C., as a part of the Rumsfeld Foundation and Central Asia-Caucasus Institute CAMCA Fellowship program. We asked her about her experiences raising awareness of USAID-funded counter-trafficking and safe migration work in Central Asia, expanding SMICA’s network of […]
Resilient Farming: Satkhira Fish Farmers Embracing Sustainable Practices to Mitigate Flood Impacts
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In 2024, Bangladesh experienced several floods across the country. One such instanceoccurred in September of this year when continuous rainfall over the course of fourdays and the breach of an embankment of the Betna River at Satkhira caused a suddenflood. As a result, at least fifty villages in three unions across two upazilas were flooded.All […]
White House statement highlights role of ART-TREES standard in groundbreaking deal to protect Amazon rainforest
November 19, 2024|post
A statement issued by the White House during President Joe Biden’s recent trip to Brazil cites new initiatives aimed at combating climate change and protecting forests, including in the Amazon, and highlights the importance of the ART-TREES standard in the future verification of high-integrity forest carbon credits sought by the Brazilian state of Pará. Winrock […]
Evidence-based AgTech audit: A #thaiRAIN success story
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Conclusion of #thaiRAIN’s First S of the 5-S Approach #thaiRAIN has completed the first phase, Source, of its evidence-based participatory approach called “5-S,” which involves Sourcing, Supporting, Scaling, Selling, and Sharing agricultural innovations. In its third year of operation, the project will validate the market for all audited AgTech to determine the support needed in […]
Endless Cycles of Debt-Bondage – A Case Study of Fishers in the Sundarbans
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The findings of this case study are based on focus group discussions carried out by the Bangladesh Program to End Modern Slavery (B-PEMS) AugroJatra team with fishers and women of Sutighata village, in Koyra upazila in Khulna, bordering the Sundarbans. All names used in this case study have been changed to protect anonymity. Fishing in […]
Strategic Frugality – A Case Study of Cross-Border Migration Among Shrimp Cultivators in Khulna
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The findings of this case study are based on focus group discussions carried out by the Bangladesh Program to End Modern Slavery (B-PEMS) AugroJatra team with shrimp cultivators in Charbandha village, in Paikgacha upazila in Khulna. All names used in this case study have been changed to protect anonymity. Shrimp Cultivation – An Enforced Livelihood […]
Platform for Peace and Humanity publishes interview with Winrock project leader
November 4, 2024|post
The Platform for Peace and Humanity, an international civic association specializing in humanitarian and international law, features an interview with Gulnaz Kelekeyeva, Winrock’s project leader for the Kazakhstan Actions Against Trafficking in Children project, in a recent issue of the Platform’s Peace & Security Monitor Central Asia. The report’s lead piece, authored by Lova Jansson, […]
Pairing AgTech and Krayasart: a #thaiRAIN success story
October 29, 2024|post
Innovation forum paired with Thai tradition In Thailand and neighboring countries, the Festival of the 10th Lunar Month holds a special place in local traditions. It is a time when people pay homage to their ancestors with the season’s first harvest, a tradition that dates back hundreds of years. Among the foods prepared during this […]
New York Times story on cyber-scams and forced criminality in Asia cites research by USAID Thailand CTIP
October 28, 2024|post
An in-depth story in The New York Times about cyber-scamming and forced criminality in South Asia cites a report conducted by the USAID Thailand Counter Trafficking in Persons project and a social enterprise partner, Humanity Research Consultancy. The feature story in the Times, by reporter Tara Siegel Bernard, is headlined: “Swindled Savings: Lured by a […]