From 30 May to 1 June 2012, the Agricultural and Rural Development Department of the World Bank hosted an international workshop in Washington DC on “Investing in and Strengthening Agricultural Innovation Systems”. The 3-day event brought together people from inside and outside the World Bank to launch the Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS) Sourcebook and to discuss …
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Brief summary of Prolinnova-Ethiopia (PE) activities in 2011, accompanied by New Strategic Directions for 2012 and beyond, compiled by the PE Secretariat at AgriService Ethiopia (ASE) on the basis of discussions in the PE Core Group.
Summary report compiled by CP coordinator Gilda Fafitine(PDF file ; size : 71 KB)
Farmer-led documentation: learning from Prolinnova experiences is the fourth in a series of booklets that collects experiences of Prolinnova partners from diverse countries in promoting participatory agricultural research and development in ways that enhance local innovation capacities. It captures the experiences of network partners in giving farmers a key role in documenting their own experiences and …
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At the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG) meeting in Bamako, Mali, in mid-March 2012, a new Country Platform (CP) was accepted into the Prolinnova Global Partnership Programme (GPP): Prolinnova-India. We welcome this newest member in our multi-stakeholder community of practice under the umbrella of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research for Development (GFAR). Prolinnova-India is coordinated …
The case of Local Innovation Support Funds (LISF), funded by Rockefeller Foundation and implemented by eight Prolinnova Country Platforms in Africa and Asia, has been highlighted in the recently launched World Bank sourcebook on Agricultural Innovation Systems. The paper “Providing farmers with direct access to innovation funds” was written by Bernard Triomphe, Mariana Wongtschowski, Anton …
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Assétou Kanouté, coordinator of PROFEIS-Mali, won the 2011 African Terres de Femmes International prize given by the Yves Rocher Foundation. Assétou is director of ADAF-Gallè, the NGO that coordinates the PROFEIS multi-stakeholder platform in Mali in carrying out action research based on local innovation. The prizegives recognition to the work with smallholder farmers in protecting …
The case of Local Innovation Support Funds (LISF) under the initiative known as FAIR (Farmer Access to Innovation Resources), currently funded by Rockefeller Foundation and implemented by eight Prolinnova Country Platforms in Africa and Asia, has been highlighted in the recently launched World Bank sourcebook on Agricultural Innovation Systems. The paper “Providing farmers with direct …
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Fanos Mekonnen carried out research in Cambodia and Ethiopia (Tigray) into how participatory innovation development (PID) is being integrated into government extension systems. Her findings, showing how committed partners at the grassroots level can integrate a participatory approach into hierarchical government systems to improve smallholder agricultural development, are summarised in this 4-page Prolinnova brief. AttachmentSize …
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Fanos Mekonnen carried out research in Cambodia and Ethiopia (Tigray) into how participatory innovation development (PID) is being integrated into government extension systems. Her findings, showing how committed partners at the grassroots level can integrate a participatory approach into hierarchical government systems to improve smallholder agricultural development, are summarised in this 4-page Prolinnova brief.
