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Abdel Ali named “Friend of Prolinnova” / Abdel Ali nommé “Ami de Prolinnova”

15. January 2023 / News & Events

The Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG) has invited Abdel-Karim Ali Mahamane, the former Subregional Coordinator (SRC) of Prolinnova in West & Central Africa (WCA), to join the “Friends of Prolinnova”. This group supports the network in improving multistakeholder partnerships, strategy development, resource mobilisation and public relations. Abdel is the Regional Programme Coordinator in the African Biodiversity …

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Prolinnova–Ghana NSC meeting with field visit

8. April 2023 / Ethnovet Project, Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS, Ghana Country Platform

The November 2022 meeting of the National Steering Committee (NSC) of Prolinnova–Ghana included two days of field visits to the Walewale and Bongo action-learning sites before the actual meeting was held at the office of ACDEP, the host organisation for the Country Platform. The field visits gave NSC members an opportunity to see Prolinnova activities …

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New chair of Prolinnova–Ghana Steering Committee

15. March 2023 / Ghana Country Platform

After the untimely death of Naaminong Karbo, who had capably and passionately chaired the National Steering Committee (NSC) of Prolinnova–Ghana for several years, a new NSC chair was installed in November 2022. He is George Owusu Essegbey, formerly the director of the Science & Technology Policy Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial …

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Prolinnova–Nepal meeting to strengthen network

22. December 2022 / Nepal Country Platform

At a meeting of Prolinnova–Nepal on 12 December 2022 in Lalitpur, 17 participants came together, including not only existing members of the Country Platform (CP) but also people from new organisations, as representatives of government institutions, NGOs, universities and consulting firms or as individuals. Suman Manandhar, co-chair of the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG), gave an overview …

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Misereor approves ELI-FaNS project in Africa!

18. February 2023 / West & Central Africa, Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS, Eastern & Southern Africa, News & Events, Ghana Country Platform

A new 3-year project “Expanding the promotion of local innovation for food security and healthy nutrition to strengthen resilience with a focus on women” (ELI-FaNS) has been approved by Misereor/KZE (Catholic Central Agency for Development Aid), Germany. Starting in January 2023, it involves five Prolinnova Country Platforms (CPs) – in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya …

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Prolinnova–Kenya joins CG event on scaling agri-food innovation

20. December 2022 / News & Events, Kenya Country Platform

On 23 November 2022, Makonge Righa, World Neighbors (member of Prolinnova–Kenya/PK) Program Officer for Africa, and Vincent Mariadho, National Coordinator of PK, attended the CGIAR Week of Science and Practice of Scaling Agri-Food System Innovation, held on 22–24 November 2022 at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi Campus. It was co-organised with the GIZ …

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2022 quarterly reports on Proli-GEAFaSa project

19. December 2022 / West & Central Africa, Burkina Faso Country Platform, PID in water management, Senegal Country Platform

Rapports trimestriels sur le projet Proli-GEAFaSa 2022 Ces rapports portent sur les activités qui ont été mise en oeuvre au cours des trois premiers trimestres de l’Année 3 du projet « Promotion de l’Innovation Locale dans la Gestion de l’Eau en Agriculture Familiale au Sahel » (Proli-GEAFaSa), qui a démarré en janvier 2020 au Burkina …

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PIPA-DAC: new project started in Cameroon

19. December 2022 / Cameroon, News & Events

Prolinnova–Cameroon has started a new project funded by Misereor, Germany: “Promoting farmer innovation and participatory approaches in development processes in agricultural value chains and adaptation to change for small-scale producers” (PIPA-DAC). The overall aim is to contribute to innovation development by small-scale farmers in the Central Region of Cameroon while improving the farmers’ access to basic …

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Catalogues d’innovations locales dans la gestion de l’eau / Catalogues of local innovation in water management

19. December 2022 / West & Central Africa, Burkina Faso Country Platform, PID in water management, Senegal Country Platform, News & Events

Les partenaires du projet Proli-GEAFaSa (Promotion de l’innovation locale dans la Gestion de l’Eau en Agriculture Familiale au Sahel), financé par Misereor, ont produit deux catalogues : l’un présentant 25 innovations locales développées par des paysans au Burkina Faso et l’autre présentant 25 innovations développées par des paysans au Sénegal. The partners in the Misereor-funded …

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IFID 2022: Webinar on farmer-led research influencing policy

27. January 2023 / News & Events

On International Farmer Innovation Day (IFID) 29 Nov 2022, Agricord’s project FO-RI (Farmer Organisations Leading Research & Innovation on agroecology for sustainable food systems) organised a global webinar on Farmer-led research: experience in influencing policymakers and building partnerships. Regional farmer organisations in the Pacific Islands, West Africa & Latin America shared their experience in policy-development …

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