Volunteer Posts
One Team, One Goal: Working with an ag university in Nepal
November 7, 2014
Today’s blog post comes from Farmer-to-Farmer volunteer David Ending, who worked with the Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU) in Nepal to help develop an evaluation action plan. After his first week in country, David explained: Coming to Nepal is a tremendous opportunity to learn with university staff. Having worked on and off in Africa for […]
Something Different in Bangladesh
October 30, 2014
Today’s blog entry is from volunteer Dan Miller, who describes some of the sights and activities from his time in Bangladesh: The first impression that you get when you get out of the airport in Dhaka is that Bangladesh is very crowded. You would be right. A country slightly smaller than Louisiana has almost half […]
Friendly People in a Lovely Country
October 24, 2014
“Thank you very much!”, said the trainees in my GMP for Food Safety workshop in Bangladesh when I attempted to greet them with “Assalamu Alaikum.” That’s exactly how friendly people are in this lovely country with beautiful agriculture land. While the traffic on the road is second to none, i.e., everyone in the country is […]
Supporting Avocado Production in Burma
October 20, 2014
Drs. Jonathan Crane and Randy Ploetz, members of the University of Florida Tropical Research and Education Center, recently completed volunteer assignments in the Shan State region of Burma (also known as Myanmar), as part of the USAID-funded Farmer-to-Farmer program. During this two-part assignment, volunteers in the fields of avocado production and disease management were requested […]
Empowering Farmers in Nigeria
October 16, 2014
Dr. John Lindquist went to Kaduna, Nigeria in September to complete a Farmer-to-Farmer volunteer assignment with hosts Doreo Partners and Babban Gona, to build the capacity of their technical teams in maize and rice production. Doreo Partners invests in businesses that increase the profitability of smallholder agriculture. To this end, Doreo created an entity called […]
The World is Small When You Have the Internet
October 13, 2014
In January 2014, Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) volunteer Dr. Andrew Sánchez Meador provided training to faculty and post-graduate students from the Continuing Education Center of the Agriculture and Forestry University of Nepal. One of the training participants recently reached out to Winrock’s F2F Nepal staff to share how this training has impacted him personally and professionally:
Meet the Bangladesh F2F Staff
October 8, 2014
Volunteer Mike Frinsko offers a nice introduction of our hardworking Bangladesh Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) staff: Finishing my first USAID-funded F2F assignment in Bangladesh, I worked on summarizing my experience working with the in-country F2F staff. The short answer is “they’re fantastic!” After nearly three weeks, I’ve had virtually no glitches with my assignment, have always felt […]
Great Being Back in Bangladesh
October 3, 2014
In today’s blog post, Jonathan Moyle shares vivid reflections and beautiful photos of his recent Farmer-to-Farmer volunteer assignment in Bangladesh: It has been great being back in Bangladesh. To smell the humid tropical air and feel the vibrancy of the cities and towns as the people go about their everyday lives, is something that has […]
Building Awareness to Create Change in Bangladesh
September 23, 2014
My work with the CREL project here in Bangladesh has allowed me to visit all the top destinations of the country many do not get to see. The floodplains of the South-west region just outside the Sundarbans mangrove forest, home to the famous Bengal Tiger. The wetlands, forests, and tea plantations of Srimongol in the […]
Strengthening Micro-Finance Institutions in Nigeria
September 19, 2014
In Nigeria’s agriculture sector, the availability of adequate credit to finance agricultural activities is a major enabling factor. Hasal Microfinance Bank is interested in becoming one of the leading agricultural lenders in Nigeria, but has limited expertise in the sector. Farmer-to-Farmer volunteer Bob Bonnet, with 37 years of agricultural lending experience, worked with the Bank […]