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Innovative Pay-For-Performance Program Rewards Farmers For Improving Water Quality
August 29, 2017|post
Winrock International is pleased to announce the publication of Pay-For-Performance Conservation: A How-To Guide, a free comprehensive guide to implementing and managing Pay-For-Performance (PFP) conservation programs. The guide is based on Winrock’s decade of experience pioneering PFP conservation, including the Milwaukee River Pay-For-Performance Project, which reduced phosphorus losses by as much as 40 percent from […]
Pay-for-Performance Conservation: A How-To Guide
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Authors: Kristin A. Fisher, PhD, Jonathan R. Winsten, PhD, Elisabeth Spratt (all of Winrock International), Ryan Anderson (Delta Institute), Ryan Smith (Delta Institute) Water quality impairments resulting, in part, from agricultural nutrient runoff have remained stubbornly difficult to solve in the United States. Pay-for-Performance conservation capitalizes on scientific and technological advances to identify cost-effective land […]
Breaking New Ground
July 28, 2017|post
Joel Gordon grew up in North Little Rock and remembers a time when its downtown area — dubbed Argenta — was “the area of town that you tried not to be caught in.” These days, though, Argenta is “absolutely blooming.” Gordon, now the executive director of the Innovation Hub at Winrock International, is seeing the […]
Socio-Economic Factors Affecting Avian Influenza Prevention and Control: The Case of Village Poultry Farming in Myanmar (2001-2009)
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In November 2007 the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Winrock co-funded a one-year applied research project to assess the socio-economic impacts of AI on rural poultry farmers in Myanmar. The winning research team, commissioned through an open grant competition, was led by Dr. (Ms.) Ai Thandar Kyaw, Assistant Veterinary Officer at the Yangon […]
ACTIVITY SUMMARY: Climate Smart Livelihoods to Support Sustainable Forest Management
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Over the past years, changing climatic conditions and overexploitation of forest resources are putting stress on the livelihoods of forest-dependent communities throughout Vietnam. The USAID-funded Vietnam Forests and Deltas Program is working with ethnic minority communes in the upland forests of Nghe An and Thanh Hoa provinces to design and implement climate smart livelihood models […]
SUCCESS STORY: Working with Schools to Tackle Climate Change
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Nam Dinh Province in Northern Vietnam is one of many provinces in the country facing increased challenges from climate change. These range from changes affecting landscapes and farming to increased risks of natural disasters. The USAID-funded Vietnam Forests and Deltas (VFD) Program is working in four provinces to ensure people are aware of these challenges, […]
Soil and Water Protection
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Forests perform a vital ecosystem service by providing conditions for abundant, clean water supplies and healthy soils. The vegetation in forests slows the flow of water across the earth’s surface, better allowing it to be absorbed into soils and stored as groundwater. The vegetation also controls soil erosion and nutrient runoff. Deforestation and changes […]
2015 Annual Report: Impact and Innovation
November 15, 2016|post
A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT Two years ago, we launched an ambitious reimagining of Winrock’s approach to international development. The aim was to combine our organization’s long history of innovation and achievement with new strategies and approaches to position us for success in a rapidly evolving development environment. The past year has provided plenty of evidence […]
Winrock’s Dep. Director, U.S. Programs, Testifies on Rural Development Models
September 8, 2016|post
Submitted testimony of Linsley Matteson Kinkade Deputy Director, U.S. Programs, Winrock International House of Representatives Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access Intro by US Representative Judy Chu: 35:19 Testimony begins: 36:18 Takes questions: 46:38, 53:41 Chairman Huelskamp, Ranking Member Chu, distinguished members of the committee, thank you for inviting me here today. My […]
Climate Change Adaptation, An Interesting Challenge
July 21, 2016|volunteer
Winrock International Farmer-to-Farmer volunteer, Robin Vora, recently retired from the U.S. Forest Service in Oregon and traveled to Burma (also known as Myanmar) in February 2016 to provide training to local, non-profit staff with FREDA (Forest Resource Environment Development and Conservation Association). The objective was to improve knowledge and capacity of FREDA members and field staff on […]