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Winrock's Volunteer Technical Assistance Programs
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Winrock's Volunteer Technical Assistance (VTA) unit has more
than 17 years of experience implementing short-term volunteer technical assistance that
creates lasting enterprise- and sector-level impacts. Since 1991, 1,938 Winrock volunteers
have completed more than 4,400 assignments in 50 countries, impacting approximately 7.7
million people. Winrock volunteers work directly with local farmers, business people and
other host-country organizations, providing expertise in a variety of areas including
agriculture and agribusiness, cooperative and NGO development, credit and banking,
non-timber forest products, wood processing and biomass, ecotourism, general business
development, information technology and other service industries.
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Winrock is a leading implementer of the
USAID John Ogonowski Farmer-to-Farmer program,
and has been at the forefront of market-oriented agricultural
development for more than 20 years. Winrock collaborates with
local, regional, national and multi-national partners to conduct
value-chain analyses, identifying end-market opportunities and
key weaknesses in the value chains linking producers to markets.
Working through these local partners, Winrock interventions address those weaknesses by helping producers
better understand commodity value chains and use that knowledge to
improve their operations. Primary areas of assistance include
obtaining access to inputs, providing technical assistance with
production, processing, and transportation, and creating more
efficient market linkages.
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