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Local social innovation to protect trees in northern Ghana

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

Within the Proli-FaNS (Promoting local innovation in Food and Nutrition Security) project, partners in Prolinnova-Ghana are identifying local innovations that improve food and nutrition security directly and indirectly. The 3-page document “Social innovation for protecting trees in Kabre Community in Bongo District, Ghana” describes a local institutional innovation called the Tisenaaba or “Tree Chief” that …

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Brief report on activities in 2018 / Bref rapport sur les activités en 2018

24. July 2022 / Senegal Country Platform

Prolinnova-Senegal reports briefly on its activities in 2018 related to networking, project development and preparing to host the 2019 International Partners Workshop (IPW) in Centre Mampuya. See the 2-page report (in French) here. La Plateforme Pays Prolinnova au Sénégal rend brièvement compte de ses activités en 2018 liées au résautage, au développement de projets et …

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Report on 3rd year of Proli-FaNS in Ethiopia

24. July 2022 / Ethiopia Country Platform

The narrative report on Year 3 of the Proli-FaNS (Promoting local innovation in Food and Nutrition Security) project in Ethiopia covers the period from August 2018 to July 2019. It outlines achievements in strengthening the innovative capacities of rural communities, gaining more recognition of women farmers as innovators and contributing to building a subregional Prolinnova …

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Impact assessment of Proli-FaNS in Ethiopia

24. July 2022 / Ethiopia Country Platform

As part of the monitoring and evaluation effort in the Proli-FaNS (Promoting local innovation in Food and Nutrition Security) project, focus group discussions (FGDs) with farmer innovators were carried out in the two action-learning sites to find out how they assess the project’s impacts. The report on the discussions for impact assessment in the Axum …

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Final months of Proli-FaNS project in Ethiopia

24. July 2022 / Ethiopia Country Platform

The report on the period May–July 2019, the final quarter of the third and final year of the Proli-FaNS (Promoting local innovation in Food and Nutrition Security) project in Ethiopia, covers farmer-led research in Tigray and Amhara Regions, and issues around project management that affected the focus intended on documentation. The report can be found …

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Summary of activities in Burkina Faso, Cameroon & Mali in 2018

24. July 2022 / News & Events

The Subregional Coordinator for West & Central Africa, Georges Djohy, has made a summary of the annual reports of three of the Country Platforms (CPs) in the subregion: Burkina Faso, Cameroon and Mali. The summary highlights the key activities implemented by the CPs, the challenges they dealt with, and their perspectives with respect to promoting …

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Proli-FaNS activities in Ethiopia in early 2019

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

The report on the second quarter in the third and final year of the Proli-FaNS (Promoting local innovation in Food and Nutrition Security) project in Ethiopia covers farmer-led research and advocacy activities, among other things. It also explains some changes in institutional arrangements within the Prolinnova-Ethiopia network. The report can be found here.

Agrecol: Northern Focal Point of Prolinnova network

13. June 2023 / News & Events

During the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG) meeting and the International Partners Workshop (IPW) in Senegal in mid-May 2019, the Prolinnova network agreed to ask Agrecol Association for AgriCulture & Ecology to serve as the Northern Focal Point (NFP) for the network. The POG felt that Agrecol would be a very suitable “home” for the NFP, …

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12 innovations by men & women farmers in Mertulemariam, Amhara Region

24. July 2022 / Ethiopia Country Platform

During the Proli-FaNS project, partners in Mertulemariam in the Enebse Sar Mider action-learning site in Gojjam in Amhara Region of Ethiopia identified several innovations by men and women farmers that contribute to improving the food and nutrition security of their families and communities. Twelve of these innovations, referring mainly to biopesticides for crops and livestock …

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