Because of the continuation of the Covid-19 pandemic, the annual meeting of partners in the SULCI-FaNS (Scaling Up Local Capacity to Innovate for Food and Nutrition Security) project in 2021 was held online, like the 2020 meeting. The main aims of the workshop (16–18 November) were: To review progress, achievements & lessons learnt in the …
The report of the “Horn of Africa and Sahel Virtual Knowledge Share Fair: Promoting innovation to build resilience against climatic shocks” that was held in October 2020 is now online (https://resilience.igad.int/sharefairs/2020). The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), in partnership with the Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) and the Food and …
Kenyan farmer innovation in Horn of Africa + Sahel Knowledge Share Fair Read More »
Although the NaviNut (Enhancing women’s agency in navigating changing food environments to improve child nutrition in African drylands) project is still relatively young, the fieldwork having started only in late 2020, several partners presented posters or gave oral presentations at the international Tropentag conference on 15–17 Sept 2021. The Tropentag is an interdisciplinary, science-based and …
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Participants in the NaviNut LI/PID training in Marsabit (Photo: Diba Tari) Prolinnova–Kenya (PK) conducted a training on promoting local innovation (LI) and participatory innovation development (PID) for stakeholders of the NaviNut project in Marsabit County, Northern Kenya. NaviNut is a 3-year project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Agriculture (BMEL), implemented by a consortium …
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Despite the restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic, Prolinnova–Mozambique managed to revive its Country Platform (CP) and to successfully implement major PID activities planned for 2020. Nuffic funding through the Orange Knowledge Programme allowed the CP to train new people in PID and to support pilots in farmer-led experimentation. See the 2020 annual report here.
Fanos Mekonnen Birke has joined the Prolinnova International Support Team. At its May 2021 meeting, the Board of Agrecol Association – the Northern Focal Point of the Prolinnova network – decided that Fanos would be the contact person between Agrecol and Prolinnova. She has many years’ experience with Prolinnova, as she facilitated analysis of efforts to …
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PROFEIS–Mali is being funded by Misereor for a 5th 3-year phase from April 2021 to May 2024. It includes a new action-learning site – Dioila in Koulikoro Region – where information is being disseminated about farmer innovations already identified in the Segou and Mopti Regions. With a view to institutionalising the Participatory Innovation Development (PID) …
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Voir texte français ci-dessous Prolinnova–Benin was set up in May 2021 – a long-held idea that could finally be realised through the project “Capacity building of agricultural college teachers to support social entrepreneurship based on local innovation for food and nutritional security” carried out by the University of Parakou (UP) in northern Benin, the Prolinnova international network, …
Suman Manandhar (Nepal), an independent member of the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG), agreed during the July 2021 POG meeting to co-chair the POG alongside Lisa Williams van Dijk (UK). The previous co-chair was Chris Macoloo (Kenya), who was a very important pillar in the governance of Prolinnova during the process of regionalising the network. Suman …
Based on reports from the Country Platforms, Subregional Coordinators and other members of Prolinnova’s International Support Team (IST), the IST compiled a report on the activities of the network at national regional and global level from January 2019 to December 2020. The Prolinnova network, which was conceived at a GFAR-supported meeting in 1999 and presented …
