As part of the collaboration between CCAFS and Prolinnova, Agrecol-Afrique – the NGO that coordinates the Country Platform in Senegal – organised a workshop on Participatory Innovation Development (PID) with a focus on farmer-led joint experimentation, facilitated by Jean Marie Diop. This was held in May 2013 in Kaolack and gave government and NGO staff …
In mid-April 2013, three members of the Prolinnova–Kenya platform – Simon Masila, a smallholder farmer innovator from Machakos; Chris Macoloo, World Neighbors Regional Associate President for Africa; and Teresiah Ng’ang’a, Prolinnova–Kenya coordinator – took part in the international conference in Dublin on “Hunger–Nutrition–Climate Justice: Putting People at the Heart of Global Development”. This was convened by the Government of Ireland and the Mary Robinson Foundation in …
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On behalf of Prolinnova, as part of its collaboration with the CCAFS (Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security) Research Program, Ann Waters-Bayer attended the CCAFS Science Meeting on “Achieving more impact through connecting, engaging and learning with communities and other key actors”, 18–19 March 2013 in Bodega Bay, California. The meeting showcased past and ongoing …
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On 29–31 January 2013, the CGIAR Research Programme on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) held a dialogue on “Re-imagining Agricultural Research in Development”. It invited about 45 researchers, practitioners and policymakers in agricultural research and development (ARD) for the 3-day dialogue at the WorldFish centre in Penang, Malaysia. Ann Waters-Bayer, ETC Foundation, a member of the …
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PROFEIS-Mali reports on farmer-led joint experimentation being carried out by farmer innovators and scientists in Mali and other highlights of 2012. An external evaluation of the activities from 2007 to 2012 has recommended follow-on funding for activities focused on institutionalising PID. PROFEIS-Mali annual summary report 2012
The four Prolinnova Country Platforms involved in the transition phase to develop LISF upscaling models and strategies offer their reports on their various activities in 2012: Ethiopia – Prolinnova–Ethiopia annual report 2012 Ghana – Prolinnova–Ghana annual report FAIR III Kenya – Prolinnova–Kenya transition phase report FAIR III Uganda – Prolinnova–Uganda annual report FAIR III Synthesis report by …
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INcluding Smallholders in Agricultural Research for Development (INSARD), with EU support, aims to facilitate a broad range of African and European civil society organisations (CSOs), including non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and farmer organisations (FOs), to be actively involved in influencing the formulation and implementation of agricultural research and development (ARD) in Africa. As part of the policy component of the project, …
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On 31 January 2013, Prolinnova–Sudan held a national workshop in El Obied Agricultural Research Station, North Kordofan, to promote the newly released, farmer-selected pearl millet variety Wadelbashir. SOS Sahel–Sudan, the NGO that coordinates Prolinnova–Sudan, collaborated with El Obied Research Station and the Climate Change Network in organising this event. Back in 2009, when Prolinnova–Sudan was …
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Prolinnova and the CGIAR Research Program on CCAFS (Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security) are collaborating in exploring the linkages between innovation and climate-change mitigation and adaptation through a gender lens. This work involves a workshop to be held in Cambodia in April 2013 plus follow-on collaboration to support women smallholder farmers’ innovation in several …
The findings and outcomes of the HAPID action research were compiled in a synthesis report on Participatory Innovation Development in the face of HIV/AIDS, by co-authors Brigid Letty, Max Mudhara, Noma Shezi, Ronuald Rutazihana, Gilda Fafetine, Carolien Aantjes, Michael Loevinsohn & Ann Waters-Bayer.
