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Smallholders adapting to climate change: German seminar

15. November 2013 24. July 2022 / information

In October 2013, at the Agrecol seminar on “Strengthening the efforts of smallholder farmers to adapt to climate change”, Prolinnova presented its experience in using locally managed innovation funds in Eastern Africa to stimulate farmer-led experimentation. The workshop – held in Germerode, Germany – focused on initiatives to strengthen rural people’s resilience to change by …

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CALL FOR CASES: EVIDENCE OF IMPACT IN FARMER-LED AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENT

12. November 2013 24. July 2022 / News & Events

We are looking for cases of participatory agricultural research processes that are driven and co-managed by smallholders, and supported by organisations outside the formal research sector Prolinnova has been promoting farmer innovation and farmer-led participatory research through multi-stakeholder partnerships for more than ten years. Similar experiences of participatory agricultural research and development (ARD) by and …

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Scaling up Local Innovation Support Funds (LISFs)

11. November 2013 24. July 2022 / Piloting Local Innovation Support Funds / Facilities

This is a summary of scenarios for integrating complementary mechanisms for funding innovation by smallholders into mainstream agriculture development and research in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and Uganda – an output of the “transition” phase of FAIR (Farmer Access to Innovation Resources). Action research in eight countries in Africa and Asia under the umbrella of Prolinnova …

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Clay incubator: young Malian farmer shares his innovation worldwide

2. November 2013 24. July 2022 / Mali Country Platform

A local innovation identified by PROFEIS-Mali has been published by the FAO in its series on “Good practices for family poultry production”. The document describes the motivation of a young resource-poor farmer – 31-year old Mr Nouhoum Traoré – to innovate and gives specific details about the preparation and use of the clay incubator for …

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Influencing policy toward farmer-led innovation approaches

17. October 2013 24. July 2022 / Climate Change & PID

Within the framework of the CLIC-SR project funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, the four Country Platforms involved – in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda – examined their past experiences in trying to influence policy to become more favourable towards farmer-led research and innovation approaches. They drew lessons which should guide them in their policy-dialogue activities in efforts …

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Joint learning in innovation in Eastern Africa

16. October 2013 30. October 2022 / News & Events, Kenya Country Platform

The Sept 2013 issue of the Baobab Magazine includes an article on joint learning in agricultural innovation in Kenya and another on social learning at the Eastern African Farmer Innovation Fair in May 2013. Joint learning in agricultural innovation cases: Researchers are making advances in seed and fertiliser technologies, but creative solutions are also needed to …

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Indian National Workshop on outscaling farm innovations

13. October 2013 24. July 2022 / India, News & Events

Prolinnova-India attended a 3-day National Workshop on Outscaling Farm Innovation organised by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), the Asia Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI), and the Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS) at the National Agriculture Science Centre Complex in New Delhi on 3-5 Sept 2013. The workshop was co-sponsored by the National Rainfed …

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PROFEIS-Senegal presented at roundtable on smallholder-centred research

28. September 2013 24. July 2022 / Senegal Country Platform

Agrecol-Afrique was invited by REPAOC, a network of NGOs in West and Central Africa with base in Senegal, to present the work of PROFEIS-Senegal at a roundtable on the role of smallholder farmers in agricultural innovation. This was a policy-influencing event held on 1 August 2013 in Dakar in the framework of the EU-funded project INSARD (Including Smallholders in …

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IPW 12-15 May 2014 hosted by Prolinnova-Cambodia / CEDAC

25. September 2013 24. July 2022 / information

The Prolinnova International Partners Workshop (IPW), together with the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG) meeting and the LINEX-CCA and CLIC-SR annual meetings, were hosted by the Prolinnova-Cambodia multistakeholder platform, coordinated by CEDAC, on 10-15 May 2014 in Phnom Penh. An initial brief report and pictures can be found here and the list of participants here. The final report on the IPW 2014 …

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Djibril Thiam’s blog on WAIA in Kenya

24. July 2013 30. October 2022 / Senegal Country Platform

Djibril Thiam, coordinator of PROFEIS-Senegal, joined the Week on Agricultural Innovation in Africa (WAIA) in Nairobi, Kenya, in the last week of May 2013. His impressions (in French) of the series of events, including the Eastern African Farmer Innovation Fair (EAFIF), can be found in the wikispace: http://aisa2013.ilriwikis.org/Home

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