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Development outcomes of local innovation in Sri Lanka & Vietnam

24. July 2022 / News & Events

Members of the Prolinnova International Support Team (IST) were responsible for two case studies conducted in 2016 as part of a wider study on “Development Outcomes of Local Innovation” (DOLI) in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). These were cases selected from the earlier desk-study by Prolinnova: “Study on impacts of farmer-led research …

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New Prolinnova Country Platform in Timor Leste

24. July 2022 / News & Events, Timor Leste Country Platform

The Prolinnova Oversight Group welcomes Timor Leste (East Timor) as a new Country Platform within the Prolinnova community of practice as of May 2017. The CP comprises NGOs, government agencies and two universities. The host NGO – RAEBIA (Resilient Agriculture and Economy through Biodiversity in Action) – grew out of work supported by USC–Canada for …

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Proli-FaNS partners meeting

24. July 2022 / News & Events

Partners from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana and Kenya in the Proli-FaNS (Promoting local innovation in Food and Nutrition Security) project met in Tamale, Ghana, immediately after the 2017 Prolinnova International Partners Workshop (IPW). Both events were hosted by ACDEP (Association of Church-based Development Projects), which coordinates the Prolinnova-Ghana multistakeholder platform and the Proli-FaNS project. …

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Prolinnova–Uganda’s update for 2016

24. July 2022 / Uganda Country Platform

Prolinnova–Uganda gives an update on its work in completing the CLIC–SR work in 2016, including two examples of farmer-led joint experimentation that were documented as case studies. Also a booklet and a policy brief were published on innovations for climate change adaptation in Uganda. Numerous dialogues with policy- and decision-makers in research, academia, government and …

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Prolinnova–Kenya’s update for 2016

24. July 2022 / Kenya Country Platform

Prolinnova–Kenya has provided an update on its activities in 2016. These include: i) implementation of two projects – Combining Local Innovative Capacity with Scientific Research (CLIC–SR) and Promoting local innovation in Food and Nutrition Security (Proli-FaNS); ii) presentation of a paper at the Africa Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation in Ethiopia; iii) various sharing, learning …

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Prolinnova-Bolivia report 2016

24. July 2022 / Andes Regional Platform

The network in Bolivia produced a short report on their activities in 2016 in Spanish and English, drawing attention especially to two videos on the Farmer Innovation Fair in 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jajFMKh3Y50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhxMTVoOdYY&feature=em-upload_owner

Conference on Women in Science, Innovation & Development at Mekelle University

30. October 2022 / News & Events, Ethiopia Country Platform

Fetien Abay – who co-coordinated the Indigenous Soil and Water Conservation (ISWC) work in Ethiopia which led to the development of Prolinnova–Ethiopia – continues to promote the role of women in innovation. Last week at Mekelle University, where she is Professor in Plant Breeding and Seed and recently appointed Vice-President for Research and Community Outreach, …

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Guide d’organisation d’événements en agriculture biologique / Guide for organising agroecology events

24. July 2022 / Senegal Country Platform

En décembre 2016, AGRECOL Afrique organisait sa quatrième édition des journées de promotion de l’agriculture biologique. Cet événement, financé par l’ONG Broederlijk Delen, visait à sensibiliser les agents du développement et la population à l’importance de préserver les semences paysannes pour une agriculture durable. L’événement a été une réussite, mais l’équipe organisatrice a dû faire …

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Proli-FaNS webpage launched on this website

30. October 2022 / News & Events

Promoting local innovation for Food and Nutrition Security” (Proli-FANS) is a 3-year project being implemented by Prolinnova Country Platforms (CPs) in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana and Kenya with funding from Misereor/Catholic Central Agency for Development Aid through a grant from the “One World No Hunger” (SEWOH) initiative of the German Government. The Association of …

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