Combining Local Innovative Capacity with Scientific Research

About Combining Local Innovative Capacity with Scientific Research: strengthening resilience to change (CLIC-SR)

Drawing on its experiences in promoting farmer-led joint innovation that builds on the creativity of local people, the international Prolinnova network is applying this approach in building local adaptive capacities and strengthening community resilience to climate change (CC). This new project (2012–15) aims to:

·     Strengthen the resilience to change of smallholders and their communities, especially women, by enhancing their innovative capacity and thus their livelihood security through Participatory Innovation Development (PID)

·     Build the capacity of local organisations working in agriculture and natural resource management (NRM) to support smallholder communities in their efforts to adapt

·     Share and learn about farmer-led adaptation and about the relevance of PID in this process

Starting up CLIC-SR

The four Prolinnova Country Platforms in Eastern Africa that are collaborating in the regional project CLIC-SR (Combining LocalInnovative Capacity with Scientific Research: Strengthening Resilience to Change), funded by Rockefeller Foundation, are in the midst of their start-up activities. These involve field studies of local perceptions of major externally induced changes, including climate change, and documentation of local initiatives in responding to these changes. The studies are being made in two districts in each country. The country teams are also reviewing experiences in influencing policy to favour smallholder-led participatory research and development as a basis for drawing up their country-specific strategies for policy dialogue within the CLIC-SR project. Reports on achievements in each country for the first four months of the project (Sept-Dec 2012) have been made by:

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