Author name: ann

New in POG: Elizabeth Mpofu, Zimbabwe Smallholder Organic Farmers Forum

6. August 2022 / News & Events

Ms Elizabeth Mpofu (eliz.mpofu@gmail.com), a family farmer who practises agroecology, has accepted the seat for farmer organisations in the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG). Elizabeth is founder and former chairperson of the Zimbabwe Smallholder Organic Farmers Forum (ZIMSOFF), based in Harare, and founding member of the African Women Collaborative for Healthy Food Systems. She served as International General …

New in POG: Elizabeth Mpofu, Zimbabwe Smallholder Organic Farmers Forum Read More »

Two Prolinnova-Kenya articles in “Appropriate Technology”

31. October 2022 / News & Events

In the June 2022 issue of the Appropriate Technology magazine, there are two articles written by people involved in the Prolinnova network and related projects: “Local food fair for joint learning on child nutrition”, about a fair organised together with pastoralist and agropastoralist women by the NaviNut (https://www.prolinnova.net/navinut_project) project team in Kenya “UNDP approves Prolinnova-Kenya’s funding proposal” …

Two Prolinnova-Kenya articles in “Appropriate Technology” Read More »

Prolinnova-Cameroun rapport annuel / annual report 2021

8. October 2022 / Cameroon

Les activités mises en œuvre au cours de 2021 par la plateforme Prolinnova–Cameroun s’inscrivent dans le cadre du suivi normal avec des réunions des instances de la plateforme, de visites des paysannes et paysans innovateurs rentrant dans le fonctionnement de la plateforme, de la mise en œuvre des projets « Scaling Up Local Capacity to …

Prolinnova-Cameroun rapport annuel / annual report 2021 Read More »

Prolinnova-Ghana annual report 2021

27. March 2023 / Ghana Country Platform

The Country Platform (CP) in Ghana continued to implement two projects under the Prolinnova umbrella –SULCI-FaNS (Scaling Up Local Capacity to Innovate for Food and Nutrition Security) and Ethnoveterinary Medicine (Ethnovet) – with field activities in a total of six action-learning sites. The governance and coordinating bodies of the CP – the National Steering Committee …

Prolinnova-Ghana annual report 2021 Read More »

Foire d’Innovation Paysanne juillet 2022

19. December 2022 / West & Central Africa, Farmer Innovation Fair, Burkina Faso Country Platform, PID in water management, Senegal Country Platform, News & Events

Prolinnova Afrique occidentale et centrale (AOC) a organisé une foire d’innovation paysanne à l’Hôtel de Ville de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, du 18 au 20 juillet 2022, avec une exposition d’innovations locales liées à la gestion de l’eau agricole au Sénégal et au Burkina Faso. Pour plus d’informations, consultez le poster. Le rapport sur la foire …

Foire d’Innovation Paysanne juillet 2022 Read More »

Annual report 2021 from West & Central Africa

9. October 2022 / West & Central Africa, Program Information and News, News & Events

The Prolinnova subregional platform in West & Central Africa (WCA) has been active during 2021 primarily through the activities of the Country Platforms (CPs). Most activities were implemented under externally funded projects under the Prolinnova umbrella. The subregional platform welcomed one new CP – in Benin – where local organisations gathered and discussed to set …

Annual report 2021 from West & Central Africa Read More »

Ethnovet project report Oct 2021 – Mar 2022

9. April 2023 / Ethnovet Project, Ghana Country Platform

Promoting Ethnoveterinary Medicine for Sustainable Animal Husbandry Practices in Northern Ghana (Ethnovet project) is a 3-year (Oct 2019–Sept 2022) project being implemented in four districts in northern Ghana. It seeks to improve the health and productivity of the livestock of small-scale farmers through increased recognition and use of ethnoveterinary medicine (EVM) as a complementary and …

Ethnovet project report Oct 2021 – Mar 2022 Read More »

2020-21 report from Eastern & Southern Africa Prolinnova platform

11. June 2023 / Eastern & Southern Africa, News & Events

Upon completion of Year 2 of the SULCI-FaNS project (1 Oct 2020 to 30 Sept 2021), the Subregional Coordinator for Eastern & Southern Africa, Jacob Wanyama, compiled a brief report on the activities in the subregion related to network regionalisation, capacity building, documentation, networking, policy dialogue and fundraising. The 3-page report can be found here.

SULCI-FaNS in first half of Year 3

24. July 2022 / Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS, News & Events

The SULCI-FaNS project funded by Misereor and coordinated by ACDEP (Ghana) is in its third and final year. The semi-annual progress report highlighs the activities and acheivements in the first half of Year 3, the period from October 2021 to March 2022. The project partners in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana and Kenya are now working …

SULCI-FaNS in first half of Year 3 Read More »

Arabic AR Chinese (Simplified) ZH-CN Dutch NL English EN French FR German DE Italian IT Portuguese PT Russian RU Spanish ES