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Prolinnova–Kenya at UN Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai

15. December 2023 / News & Events, Kenya Country Platform

With the facilitation of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Vincent Mariadho – Prolinnova–Kenya Coordinator – participated in the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) in Expo City 2020, Dubai, on 30 November to 5 December 2023. The event is an annual global summit convened by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) …

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Prolinnova–Kenya at UNDP AFCIA 2023 workshop in Philippines

15. December 2023 / News & Events, Kenya Country Platform

On 17–19 October 2023, Prolinnova–Kenya (PK) took part in an Adaptation Fund Climate Innovations Accelerator (AFCIA) workshop hosted in Manila, Philippines, by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Two representatives from each of the 44 grantees in Cohorts 1 and 2 funded by AFCIA attended the workshop. Vincent Mariadho, PK Coordinator, and Lucious Achacha, World …

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Jony Jos, India: farmer in Prolinnova Oversight Group / paysan au sein du Groupe de Supervision Prolinnova

8. December 2023 / Asia & Pacific, South India Country Platform, News & Events

Jony Jos, India: farmer in Prolinnova Oversight Group The Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG) would like to announce that Jony Jos, a small-scale farmer from Tripunithura in Kerala State, India, has taken on the role of representing farmer organisations (FOs) in the POG starting from 1 December 2023. He is successor to Elizabeth Mpofu, founder and former …

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Prolinnova in grassroots convening on technological innovation

12. July 2024 / News & Events, Kenya Country Platform

Prolinnova participated in an international convening on grassroots technological innovations for agroecology in Italy on 18–21 October 2023, organised by Farm Hack, Schola Campesina and Cooperative for ecological local agriculture (CAPE) with support from the 11th Hour Project of the Schmidt Family Foundation. The convention was held in Gallese, 60 km from Rome, and was …

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Prolinnova participation in 6th AFAAS Extension Week 2023

22. November 2023 / West & Central Africa, Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS, News & Events, Ghana Country Platform

The 6th Africa-Wide Agricultural Extension Week (AAEW 2023) was held in Abuja, Nigeria, on 5–11 November, co-hosted by the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development and the Nigerian Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (NIFAAS). The AAEW is a biennial flagship event of the African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS), which brings participants …

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Prolinnova in FAO advisory group on innovation / Prolinnova au sein du groupe consultatif de la FAO sur l’innovation

9. December 2023 / News & Events

Guided by its Science and Innovation Strategy, FAO has embarked on a new programme centred on agrifood system technologies and innovations to support countries worldwide in their pathways toward transforming their agrifood systems. A key component of this initiative will be the FAO’s new flagship series of publications, the Agrifood Systems Technologies and Innovations Outlook (ATIO). This will …

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ELI-FaNS project in first half of Year 1

21. October 2023 / Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS, Burkina Faso Country Platform, Benin Country Platform, News & Events, Ghana Country Platform, Kenya Country Platform, South Africa

“Expanding the promotion of local innovation for food security and healthy nutrition to strengthen resilience with focus on women” (ELI-FaNS, 2023–25) is a follow-on project to SULCI-FaNS (Scaling Up Local Capacity to Innovate in Food and Nutrition Security, 2019–22) and has the following objectives: 1. Small-scale farmers (especially women and youth) actively innovate to improve …

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Integrating the PID approach into state and non-state organisations in Ghana

7. June 2024 / Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS, Integrating PID into education, News & Events, Ghana Country Platform

For many years, the multistakeholder Prolinnova–Ghana platform has been implementing the Participatory Innovation Development (PID) approach through several successive projects. It has mobilised numerous stakeholders in agricultural research and development (ARD) to identify local innovations within farming communities and to collaborate with farmers in improving these innovations through farmer-led joint experimentation. These projects have all …

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Prolinnova IPW 22-27 October 2023 in South Africa

22. November 2023 / Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS, PID in water management, News & Events, South Africa

Prolinnova-South Africa is hosting the 2023 International Partners Workshop (IPW) in Polokwane, Limpopo Province, back-to-back with the partner meetings of two projects funded by Misereor: SULCI-FaNS (involving Prolinnova Country Platforms in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa) and Proli-GEAFaSa (involving Burkina Faso and Senegal). Several sessions will be in hybrid format in order …

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Prolinnova activities in southern Africa published in Appropriate Technology

5. October 2023 / Mozambique Country Platform, News & Events, South Africa

The international magazine Appropriate Technology (www.appropriate-technology.com) has published two articles about Prolinnova activities in southern Africa: Rural women in Mozambique innovate to restore their landscape, by Romuald Rutazihana, Domingos Tsucane, Gilda Fafitine & Jacob Wanyama in Appropriate Technology 50 (3): 42–44 Observing local innovation in Swayimane, South Africa, by Mzo Mndali, Thabo Makhubedu & Brigid …

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