The Country Platform in Mozambique has been facilitating farmer-to-farmer sharing about local innovations with the support of the Catalonian NGO CIC-batá in Spain. Some of these activities in 2015 are described in this brief annual report in Portuguese and English.
Emily Monville Oro (emily.monville@iirr.org) from Prolinnova–Philippines has been named by the Prolinnova Country Platforms (CPs) in Asia as the person to take the seat for Asian CPs in the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG). Emily is Country Director of the Philippine Program of the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR). She has over two decades of …
New Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG) member from Asia Read More »
Applications closed! For the new 3-year project “Promoting local innovation in Food and Nutrition Security (Proli-FaNS), the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG) is seeking two individuals to serve as Sub-Regional Coordinators (SRCs) – one in each of the two sub-regions: West & Central Africa (Country Platforms in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Mali and Senegal; contact persons …
Prolinnova seeks 2 sub-regional coordinators in Africa ! Read More »
To celebrate the International Farmer Innovation Day (IFID) on 29 November 2015, Prolinnova–Cameroon organised a workshop for beekeepers, building on a local innovation by the beekeeper Serge Ayangma in fragmenting bee colonies. The terms of reference for the event can be found here and the report on the event can be found here (both in French).
Misereor (Germany), Prolinnova and McKnight Foundation collaborated with the German development magazine WeltSichten in producing a dossier in German, English and French on Small-scale farmer innovation. French version: Innovation paysanne; German version: Bäuerliche Innovation. The short and highly readable articles explore how agricultural research can be carried out so that it supports small-scale farmers effectively …
In late September, the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG) member Esther Penunia, from the Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) attended a colloquium in Germany on food security and nutrition in the context of the 2030 Agenda. It was organised by the High-Level Panel of Experts (HPLE) on Food Security and Nutrition of the …
POG members at HLPE colloquium on food security & nutrition Read More »
After having completed the CLIC–SR (Combining Local Innovative Capacity with Scientific Research) project funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, Prolinnova–Ethiopia organised a national stakeholders meeting. The objectives were to present and discuss the outcomes of the project, to assess the contribution of small-scale farmer innovation to agricultural research and development in Ethiopia, and to define the …
The project “Strengthening Community Resilience to Change: Combining Local Innovative Capacity with Scientific Research” (CLIC–SR), supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, was completed on 31 August 2016. During the four years since 2012, the Prolinnova Country Platforms in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda made large strides in: strengthening the innovative capacity of small-scale farmers and their …
An innovation by the Ghanaian farmer John Akugre, who uses a locally available plant to protect stored onion seed, has been recognised by CTA as one of the Top 20 innovations that benefit smallholder farmers. See the brochure Barakuk: a natural protector for onion seed, documented by the Prolinnova–Ghana member organisation Navrongo-Bolgatanga Catholic Diocesan Development …
The International Day of Rural Women was celebrated in Nepal on 15 October 2016 with a ceremony to award a Prize for Women’s Creativity in Rural Life to Ms Tulsi Gyawali for her innovation in waste management. Prolinnova–Nepal in collaboration with Rarahil School in Kathmandu and Panga Women’s Saving and Credit Cooperative held the celebration …
Nepali innovator awarded international prize for women’s creativity Read More »
