Volunteer Posts
When Life Gives You Melons…
June 26, 2019
For about 5 years, the USAID Value Chains for Rural Development (VC-RD) project, implemented by Winrock International, has been supporting the melon value chain in Myanmar along with grantee Myanmar Fruit, Flower, and Vegetable Producer and Exporter Association (MFVP). In 2016 and 2017, VC-RD and MFVP hosted various melon production volunteers, including Dr. Timothy Coolong, […]
Meet our Farmer-to-Farmer Staff!
June 19, 2019
Continuing on with our Field Staff introductions- we are now doing a series on our excellent accountants. They make sure our finances are in order and our day to day operations move smoothly. As is true of most of our field staff, they work closely with colleagues that they have never met, including at HQ […]
Reaching Out
June 12, 2019
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 […]
Pesticide Safety for Palm Oil Farmers
June 5, 2019
From April 22 to May 8, 2019, I had the pleasure of working on a USAID Farmer-to-Farmer assignment in Nzerekore, Guinea, West Africa. The implementer for the assignment was Winrock International and this organization took very good care of me. After departing the capital, Conakry, my driver, translator, and I traveled 1000 kilometers by road […]
Lasting relationships
May 29, 2019
Ms. Neelam Canto-lugo, adjunct professor at Yuba College in California, signed the agreement with EnerGaia on May 12, 2019, to provide financial support that will help develop women contract farmers for household production of spirulina in order to generate new income opportunities and empower women in rural Bangladesh. EnerGaia is a private company focusing on […]
Meet our Farmer-to-Farmer Staff!
May 23, 2019
The fourth in our series of introductory blogs again comes from Senegal, which has the largest number of Winrock F2F staff in-country. My name is Youssouph Sane and I’m one of the Winrock Drivers. After I earned a Baccalaureate degree I joined the Army for two years where I got my military driving license which […]
Meet our Farmer-to-Farmer Staff! (Series)
May 15, 2019
Our third intro blog from the field this week comes from Senegal, a country which speaks over 36 different languages! My name is Ndiame Sene (Patrick) I am from a village named Nianing, located south of Dakar. I grew up there until I got my Baccalaureate from our village high school called Lycee Demba Diop. […]
Meet our Farmer-to-Farmer Staff! (Series)
May 8, 2019
This is the second installment of introductory blogs written by our wonderful field staff. Today is from our friendly driver from Nigeria! My name is Ndah Blessing, a staff of Winrock in Nigeria since November 2011. All things being equal I should graduate with a BSc in Mass Communication by the year 2020 from the […]
Meet our Farmer-to-Farmer Field Staff! (Series)
April 30, 2019
We are a few months into the newest cycle of Farmer-to-Farmer, a program that along with our skilled volunteers, could not be accomplished without the hard work of those in the field. Over the next few months, we will introduce you to some of the amazing people that help make the volunteer’s assignment run so […]
Happy Earth Day 2019!
April 22, 2019
Today, April 22, we celebrate Earth Day. The 2019 Earth Day campaign centers on the protection of animal species. The Earth Day network notes that “All living things have an intrinsic value, and each plays a unique role in the complex web of life. We must work together to protect endangered and threatened species.” Among […]