Annual report for 2024 from Ghana Country Platform
The team coordinating the Ghana Country Platform has prepared its annual report for 2024, which can be read here.
Prolinnova articles in December 2024 issue of Appropriate Technology
Two Prolinnova articles were published in the December 2024 issue of the Appropriate Technology magazine: Replicable innovation for rural farming: a solution to cassava harvesting challenges in Kerala and beyond, by James TJ & Stebin K (AT 51(4)). This can be found here. Sadia Issifu – farmer innovator and women’s banker in Walewale, North Ghana …
Prolinnova articles in December 2024 issue of Appropriate Technology Read More »
Prolinnova showcased at 2024 South African Society of Agricultural Extension conference
The Limpopo Task Team from Prolinnova South Africa presented two posters at the South African Society for Agricultural Extension (SASAE) conference held in August 2024. This was an opportunity to showcase the joint experimentation work of the Country Platform with small-scale farmers. The poster about ethnoveterinary innovation can be found here while the one about …
Prolinnova showcased at 2024 South African Society of Agricultural Extension conference Read More »
Another opportunity for institutionalising PID in Limpopo Province
A farmer innovation day held in Limpopo Province at Mashite village in Ga-Mphahlele, Lepelle Nkumpi Municipality. The event was facilitated by the Limpopo Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (LDARD), University of Limpopo (UL), University of Venda (UNIVEN) and the South African branch of the Eastern and Southern Africa small-scale Farmers Forum (ESAFF SA) on …
Another opportunity for institutionalising PID in Limpopo Province Read More »
Prolinnova represented at FAO ATIO writeshop in the Netherlands
Martha Opondo from the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) represented the international Prolinnova network virtually at FAO’s Agrifood Systems Technology and Innovations Outlook (ATIO) writeshop held in Soesterberg, Netherlands, on 7-9 October 2024. The other participants were from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Wageningen University, Universidad de Talca, International Food Policy Research …
Prolinnova represented at FAO ATIO writeshop in the Netherlands Read More »
Prolinnova represented at GIIST Conference in Switzerland, Sept 2024
Brigid Letty, a member of the Prolinnova International Support Team, was invited to attend a small conference at the University of Basel in Switzerland that took place from 25 to 27 September 2025. The “Grassroots Innovations as Incubators for Sustainability Transitions” (GIIST) Conference was organised by the research project titled “Ecovillages as Incubators for Sustainability …
Prolinnova represented at GIIST Conference in Switzerland, Sept 2024 Read More »
Article from the Prolinnova Limpopo Task Team on social innovation
The Prolinnova Limpopo Task Team has documented social innovation associated with the Tjiane Drop-In Centre, which can be accessed here.
Articles from Benin & Ghana in June 2024 issue of Appropriate Technology
Two articles were published in June 2024 in the Prolinnova section of the Appropriate Technology magazine (Vol 51, No. 2): Action funds stimulate mutual learning about child nutrition in Benin by Paul Jimmy, Honorat Edja, Brigitte Kaufmann & Ann Waters-Bayer Ghanaian experience in helping women farmers improve sales of a local innovation by Joseph Nchor …
Articles from Benin & Ghana in June 2024 issue of Appropriate Technology Read More »
Opportunity for institutionalisation
The Limpopo Task Team made good use of a number of events towards institutionalising the PID approach within target organisations. A report documenting the process is available here.
PID workshop in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Through the ELI-FaNS project, a workshop on participatory innovation development (PID) was held at the African Enterprise Conference Centre in Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Province on 10-13 June 2024. The objective of the workshop was to build a common understanding of key concepts and involved participants from Limpopo and KZN. Joe Nchor, the ELI-FaNS project …