developed by Prolinnova partners in 2005–2011 edited by Jean-Marie Diop, Laurens van Veldhuizen & Ann Waters-Bayer Prolinnova Working Paper 34. Lesuden: ETC AgriCulture. December 2011.
Prolinnova was represented by Ann Waters-Bayer of the International Support Team (IST) at the “Showcasing Event” of the African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) on 12 November 2011 in Nairobi, Kenya, and at the Second Annual Meeting of the Global Forum on Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS) on 13–14 November, also in Nairobi. At the …
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In Kenya, the Prolinnova network and the EU-funded JOLISAA (Joint Learning in Innovation Systems in African Agriculture) project are jointly coordinated by Teresiah Ng’ang’a, based in KARI (Kenya Agricultural Research Institute). At a JOLISAA–Kenya workshop in November 2011, farmers, extension agents and researchers involved in two cases of innovation in Baringo District – controlling the …
The experience of Prolinnova-Kenya partners was presented at a session on “Learning networks” at the international conference “Innovations in Extension and Advisory Services” held in Nairobi, Kenya, on 15-18 November 2011. The conference was organised by CTA (Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU) and GFRAS (Global Forum on Rural Advisory Services). Geoffrey Kamau …
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Some Kenyan and international members of the Prolinnova network attended the INSARD (Including Smallholders in Agricultural Research for Development) workshop held on 19 November 2011 in Nairobi, Kenya. INSARD is an EU-funded project seeking to increase the voice of smallholders in decision-making about ARD, including funding, in Africa. The participants reflected on outcomes of a …
Brigid Letty from the Institute of Natural Resources (INR) in South Africa, a member of Prolinnova-South Africa, attended the GLOBELICS (Global Network for the Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building Systems)Conference in Argentina in November 2011. She presented a paper on “Assessing the impact of grassroots innovation in agriculture” (Brigid Letty, Zanele Shezi & …
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Based on six years of experience in facilitating the Prolinnova-Tanzania platform, the coordinating organisation PELUM Tanzania compiled contributions of partners, including farmer innovators, into a booklet entitled Strengthening multistakeholder partnerships: experiences from Prolinnova-Tanzania. The work was co-funded by EED (Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst), Germany, and the Dutch Government through DGIS and the International Prolinnova Secretariat at ETC …
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In March 2011, four films featuring Prolinnova’s work were launched at the International Partners Workshop in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Three were based on work of the country networks in Cambodia, Niger & South Africa; the fourth is an overview of the global network. The films were made in partnership with TVEAP, a not-for-profit media …
Some reports by Agrecol-Afrique, coordinating NGO of PROFEIS-Senegal, on the activities of the multistakeholder platform: 2010 evaluation report 2010 July-Dec report 2009 Jan-Jun report
Documenting farmer innovation creates a new image of agricultural producers. In the paper “Communicating farmers’ knowledge”, Awa Faly Ba of IIED Afrique, the NGO that supports PROFEIS activities in West Africa, explains how PROFEIS and AGRIDAPE have collaborated to create and share important messages about local creativity in improving smallholder agriculture. AGRIDAPE is the French magazine on low-external-input and sustainable …
