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Scaling up innovation to better integrate women’s empowerment & nutrition in agroecology in Senegal

24. July 2022 / Senegal Country Platform

A consortium involving the Prolinnova–Senegal partner organisations Agrecol-Afrique and AgriBio Services, coordinated by Groundswell International, developed the project “Scaling up innovation to integrate nutrition and women’s empowerment into advisory services supporting agroecology in Senegal”. From the more than 50 proposals submitted to the GIZ Innovation Challenge 2021, the Senegal proposal was one of six finalists …

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Mitiku Haile, Mekelle University, awarded 2021 World Agriculture Prize !

30. October 2022 / News & Events

Mitiku Haile, founder of and professor at Mekelle University, Ethiopia – and a very early member of the Prolinnova network, still a member to this day – has been awarded the 2021 World Agriculture Prize by the Global Confederation of Higher Education Associations for Agricultural and Life Sciences (GCHERA). Mitiku has been active in incorporating participatory …

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Prolinnova-Senegal rapport annuel / annual report 2021

8. October 2022 / Senegal Country Platform, News & Events

Le coordinateur de Prolinnova–Sénégal a présenté les activités de la plateforme pays au cours de l’année 2021 dans un rapport de 3 pages ici. Il inclut également une évaluation du fonctionnement de la CP. The coordinator of Prolinnova–Senegal presented the Country Platform’s activities during the year 2021 in a 3-page report (in French) that can …

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Vidéo « Projet OKP/TMT+ – Innovation local » (12 min)

24. July 2022 / Benin Country Platform, News & Events

Cette vidéo résume les réalisations et acquis du projet Orange Knowledge Programme Tailor-Made Training Plus (OKP/TMT+) au Bénin : « Renforcement de capacités des enseignants des lycées agricoles pour soutenir l’entrepreneuriat social basé sur l’innovation locale pour la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle » (2020–22). Ce projet financé par Nuffic a été mis en œuvre dans le cadre d’un …

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Catalogue d’innovations locales au Bénin / Catalogue of local innovations in Benin

8. October 2022 / Benin Country Platform, News & Events

Ce « Catalogue d’innovations locales » est un produit du projet financé par Nuffic « Renforcement de capacités des enseignants des lycées agricoles pour soutenir l’entrepreneuriat social basé sur l’innovation locale pour la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle » (2020–22). Le projet a été réalisé dans le nord du Bénin par la Faculté d’agronomie de l’Université de Parakou (Bénin), l’Institut …

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Study visit by PID trainees from Sudan & South Sudan to Kenya

24. July 2022 / Sudan Country Platform, Kenya Country Platform

For professionals in two universities in Sudan and South Sudan, Nuffic (Netherlands) is supporting tailor-made training in farmer-led participatory innovation development (PID), an approach that puts small-scale farmers at the centre of the research and development process. In order to facilitate practical learning about PID, the trainees were hosted by Prolinnova–Kenya to visit its Kisumu …

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Friend of Prolinnova Oliver Oliveros heading GAFF

24. July 2022 / information

Oliver Oliveros – who helped Prolinnova emerge over 20 years ago as a Global Partnership Programme of the GFAR (Global Forum on Agricultural Research) and who is a Friend of Prolinnova – has just been appointed Interim Executive Director of the Global Alliance for the Future of Food (GAFF). See https://futureoffood.org/insights/leadership-transition-plan-for-the-global-alliance-announced/?redirect_to=295  Oliver and his family had …

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UNDP approves Prolinnova–Kenya’s funding proposal

31. October 2022 / Kenya Country Platform

Joe Ouko with his goat-meal innovation (Credit: Laurens van Veldhuizen) In early 2022, Prolinnova–Kenya won a grant from the Innovation Small Grants Aggregator Project (ISGAP) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The 18-month project will focus on the local innovation developed by the small-scale farmer Joe Ouko: Locally Formulated Dairy-Goat Meal (LOFODA-G-Meal). The aim …

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Briefs on local innovation & PID in Ghana

24. July 2022 / Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS, Ghana Country Platform

  During the SULCI-FaNS project, the partners in Prolinnova–Ghana documented local innovations to improve food and nutrition security of small-scale family farmers in the Upper East and North East Regions. Five innovations and related farmer-led joint experiments are described in the following 3-page briefs on: Nutritious porridge flour for infants Fattening small ruminants and cattle …

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